Frequency of meditation by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition by frequency of meditation
% of adults who meditate…
Religious tradition | At least once a week | Once or twice a month | Several times a year | Seldom/never | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 66% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 1% | 264 |
Catholic | 40% | 9% | 5% | 45% | 1% | 7,202 |
Evangelical Protestant | 49% | 7% | 3% | 40% | 2% | 8,593 |
Hindu | 33% | 8% | 7% | 51% | < 1% | 199 |
Historically Black Protestant | 55% | 8% | 4% | 31% | 2% | 1,916 |
Jehovah's Witness | 77% | 2% | 2% | 15% | 4% | 245 |
Jewish | 28% | 8% | 6% | 56% | 2% | 847 |
Mainline Protestant | 36% | 10% | 5% | 48% | 2% | 6,083 |
Mormon | 60% | 10% | 1% | 28% | 1% | 664 |
Muslim | 35% | 8% | 7% | 41% | 8% | 237 |
Orthodox Christian | 35% | 5% | 5% | 53% | 1% | 186 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 26% | 10% | 5% | 58% | 1% | 7,556 |
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