According to a report released on Monday, young Americans are less religious and less likely than older age groups to belong to any particular faith.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life said in a report, "Religion among the Millennials." One out of every four members of the generation born after 1980 and coming of age around 2000 are unaffiliated with any faith."

The Pew Forum further said that the "Millennial" generation is more unaffiliated than Generation X was at the same point in their lives (20 percent in the late 1990s) and twice as unaffiliated as Baby Boomers (13 percent in the late 1970s).

The report said that those ages 18-29 attend religious services less often than older Americans and are less likely to consider religion as very important in their lives.

The survey also found that many young adults say they decided to leave the religion as they were raised in without affiliating themselves with a new faith. (With Input from Agencies)