Frequency of prayer among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by frequency of prayer

% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who pray…

Religious traditionAt least dailyWeeklyMonthlySeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
Buddhist43%18%9%29%1%228
Catholic51%22%9%18%< 1%3,463
Evangelical Protestant68%19%5%7%1%2,735
Hindu42%16%15%27%< 1%143
Historically Black Protestant77%15%4%4%1%1,010
Jewish22%16%9%51%1%734
Mainline Protestant49%24%8%19%1%3,816
Mormon76%9%4%11%< 1%171
Muslim62%11%8%18%< 1%131
Orthodox Christian45%27%12%14%1%102
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")15%10%6%69%< 1%5,823
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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