▁provided ▁by ▁a ▁place ▁of ▁worship , ▁may ▁be ▁highly ▁sought ▁after ▁by ▁imm igr ants . ▁Studies ▁have ▁indeed ▁revealed ▁that ▁ad oles c ents ▁from ▁imm igr ant ▁families ▁( both ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁generation ▁imm igr ants ) ▁reported ▁higher ▁levels ▁of ▁religious ▁identity ▁compared ▁to ▁ad oles c ents ▁whose ▁parents ▁are ▁not ▁imm igr ants ▁( third ▁generation ). ▁ ▁Institution al ▁factors ▁ ▁Studies ▁suggest ▁that ▁institution al ▁factors ▁impact ▁on ▁religious ▁identity . ▁For ▁example ▁in ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁Christians , ▁Jews ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁English ▁secondary ▁schools ▁ad oles c ents ▁reported ▁negative ▁representations ▁of ▁their ▁religious ▁trad itions ▁in ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁and ▁common ▁s tere ot ypes ▁held ▁by ▁their ▁pe ers . ▁These ▁negative ▁as cri ptions ▁were ▁perce ived ▁by ▁participants ▁to ▁influence ▁their ▁strateg ies ▁of ▁representing ▁themselves , ▁including ▁hiding ▁their ▁religious ▁affili ations ▁or ▁attempting ▁to ▁pre - empt ▁criticism ▁or ▁bul lying ▁by ▁representing ▁the ▁trad itions ▁they ▁identified ▁with ▁in ▁an ▁apolog etic ▁conc ili atory ▁manner . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁identity ▁traject ories ▁ ▁By ▁and ▁large , ▁numerous ▁studies ▁have ▁observed ▁eth nic , ▁gender , ▁and ▁gener ational ▁differences ▁in ▁religious ▁identity . ▁However , ▁there ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁as ▁many ▁longitud inal ▁studies ▁on ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁eth nic ity , ▁gender , ▁and ▁gener ational ▁status ▁on ▁individuals ' ▁development ▁of ▁religious ▁identity ▁over ▁time . ▁Nevertheless , ▁of ▁the ▁hand ful ▁of ▁such ▁studies , ▁research ers ▁have