Religious tradition among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by frequency of feelings of spiritual wellbeing (2014) Switch to: Frequency of feeling spiritual peace and wellbeing among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by religious group
% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month who are…
| Frequency of feeling spiritual peace and wellbeing | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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| At least once a week | 1% | 24% | 31% | 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 18% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 11% | < 1% | 2,169 |
| Once or twice a month | 1% | 24% | 27% | 1% | 9% | < 1% | 2% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 12% | < 1% | 709 |
| Several times a year | < 1% | 19% | 28% | < 1% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 19% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 15% | < 1% | 293 |
| Seldom/never | < 1% | 15% | 25% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 3% | 19% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 28% | 1% | 246 |
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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