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| The Marshall Islands are 90% Marshallese and 10% U.S., Filipino, Chinese, New Zealander, and Korean. Rather than having an ethnic mix, Kiribati is uniformly Micronesian. Nauru is 58% Nauruan, 26% other Pacific Islander, 8% Chinese and 8% European. | | The Marshall Islands are 90% Marshallese and 10% U.S., Filipino, Chinese, New Zealander, and Korean. Rather than having an ethnic mix, Kiribati is uniformly Micronesian. Nauru is 58% Nauruan, 26% other Pacific Islander, 8% Chinese and 8% European. |
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| Micronesians are predominantly Christian. Guam is 98% Roman Catholic and the Northern Mariana Islands are also heavily Roman Catholic. The Federated States of Micronesia are 50% Roman Catholic and 47% Protestant. Two-third’s of the Palau population is Christian and a third belong to Modekngei, an indigenous religion. People in the Marshall Islands are predominantly Protestant and 5% are LDS. Kiribati is 53% Roman Catholic, 30% Congregational, 10% LDS, and the rest divided among Christian churches. Nauru is 58% Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic, and 8% Confucian and Taoist.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.</ref> | | Micronesians are predominantly Christian. Guam is 98% Roman Catholic and the Northern Mariana Islands are also heavily Roman Catholic. The Federated States of Micronesia are 50% Roman Catholic and 47% Protestant. Two-third’s of the Palau population is Christian and a third belong to Modekngei, an indigenous religion. People in the Marshall Islands are predominantly Protestant and 5% Latter-day Saints. Kiribati is 53% Roman Catholic, 30% Congregational, 10% Latter-day Saints, and the rest divided among Christian churches. Nauru is 58% Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic, and 8% Confucian and Taoist.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.</ref> |
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| == References == | | == References == |