New Delhi: If religion is the opium of the masses, then in India, it is slightly more potent among older adults. More than half of India’s youth care about religion and this religiosity increases with age, according to data collected in a YouGov-Mint Millennial Survey.
Among young urban millennials online (those aged 23 to 29), around 58% consider religion as important to them compared with 65% of both older millennials (30- to 38-year-olds) and the even-older Gen-X (39 and above). The youngest adults (18- to 22-year-olds, or Gen-Z) care about religion the least—but even then, more than half of them (53%) consider religion important.
