Parent of children under 18 among adults who pray daily by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who pray daily by parental status

% of adults who pray daily who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist24%76%109
Catholic31%69%4,319
Evangelical Protestant31%69%6,824
Hindu48%52%102
Historically Black Protestant30%70%1,531
Jehovah's Witness30%70%220
Jewish35%65%212
Mainline Protestant27%73%3,333
Mormon43%57%568
Muslim38%62%164
Orthodox Christian33%67%100
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")30%70%1,331
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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