Parent of children under 18 among adults who meditate at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who meditate at least once a week by parental status

% of adults who meditate at least once a week who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist18%82%185
Catholic30%70%3,009
Evangelical Protestant28%72%4,391
Historically Black Protestant28%72%1,128
Jehovah's Witness29%71%194
Jewish26%74%227
Mainline Protestant22%78%2,402
Mormon41%59%408
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")28%72%2,023
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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