Gender composition among adults who seldom or never read scripture by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never read scripture by gender

% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who are…

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Buddhist63%37%147
Catholic50%50%3,807
Evangelical Protestant52%48%1,462
Hindu66%34%120
Historically Black Protestant48%52%308
Jewish50%50%580
Mainline Protestant50%50%2,641
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")57%43%6,116
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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