Religion's effect on personal values lingers among the 'formerly religious'
Young adults who self-identify as "formerly religious'" usually fall in between religious and nonreligious peers in their support of several social values, evidence of the "religious residue effect."
On a scale of 1 to 5, respondents self-identifying as "religious" were most likely to endorse each of the five moral values common to psychology research, followed by the "formerly religious." Those self-identifying as "nonreligious" showed lowest endorsement of the values.