Skip to content

Statistic record Kerala Gen Z Report 2026 n = 399

How religiously mixed are Kerala youth friend circles?

Diversity of the respondent's five closest friends by faith background.


40.6%

Homogeneous (All close friends share my identical faith background)

162 of 399 respondents

Figure 1

How integrated is your close friend circle (top 5 friends) in terms of diverse cultural/religious backgrounds?

നിങ്ങളുടെ ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത സുഹൃത്തുക്കളുടെ ഗ്രൂപ്പിൽ മറ്റ് മതസ്ഥരുണ്ടോ?

n = 399 · Kerala Gen Z Report 2026 · Moyan AI

Homogeneous (All close friends share my identical faith background)40.6%

ആരുമില്ല

Moderately mixed (1 or 2 friends from another faith)31.8%

ചെറിയ രീതിയിൽ ഉണ്ട്

Highly pluralistic (Balanced friends from different faiths)27.6%

തികച്ചും ബഹുസ്വരമാണ്

Data table
How integrated is your close friend circle (top 5 friends) in terms of diverse cultural/religious backgrounds?
ResponseCountShare
Homogeneous (All close friends share my identical faith background)16240.6%
Moderately mixed (1 or 2 friends from another faith)12731.8%
Highly pluralistic (Balanced friends from different faiths)11027.6%
Total answered399100%
Embed this figure on your site (free, CC BY 4.0)

Copy the snippet below. Keep the source link — attribution is the licence condition.

<iframe src="https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/embed/friend-circle-diversity" width="100%" height="420" style="border:1px solid #e5e7eb;border-radius:8px" title="How integrated is your close friend circle (top 5 friends) in terms of diverse cultural/religious backgrounds? — Moyan Journal"></iframe>
<p>Source: <a href="https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/kerala-gen-z-survey-2026">The Kerala Gen Z Report 2026</a>, Moyan AI.</p>

What this question asked

How integrated is your close friend circle (top 5 friends) in terms of diverse cultural/religious backgrounds?

നിങ്ങളുടെ ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത സുഹൃത്തുക്കളുടെ ഗ്രൂപ്പിൽ മറ്റ് മതസ്ഥരുണ്ടോ?

Cite this page

Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Attribution with a link back is the only condition.

Community Leadership and Social Change Program Research Scholars & Valakkulam, Y. (2026). How religiously mixed are Kerala youth friend circles?. Moyan Journal of Community & Society, Volume 1, Issue 1. Department of Graduate Institute, DHI University (DHIU), India; published by Moyan AI. https://journal.moyanai.app/journal/statistics/kerala-youth-friend-circle-diversity

Reference manager

Open access. This work is published under CC BY 4.0. You may copy, redistribute, adapt and reuse the text, figures and data for any purpose, including commercially, with attribution and a link back.