Generational cohort 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 generational group
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who are…
Religious tradition | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 24% | 18% | 20% | 32% | 5% | < 1% | 145 |
Catholic | 12% | 12% | 27% | 37% | 12% | 1% | 3,741 |
Evangelical Protestant | 10% | 14% | 27% | 35% | 12% | 1% | 1,444 |
Hindu | 11% | 48% | 35% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 118 |
Historically Black Protestant | 17% | 20% | 26% | 32% | 6% | < 1% | 303 |
Jewish | 12% | 12% | 23% | 31% | 18% | 4% | 572 |
Mainline Protestant | 11% | 10% | 25% | 36% | 15% | 2% | 2,598 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 22% | 21% | 28% | 23% | 6% | < 1% | 6,027 |
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