Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist28%19%53%145
Catholic23%15%62%3,777
Evangelical Protestant7%5%87%1,439
Hindu92%7%< 1%120
Historically Black Protestant3%6%91%300
Jewish9%22%69%579
Mainline Protestant5%7%87%2,613
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")11%12%76%6,038
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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