Importance of religion in one's life 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 importance of religion
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say religion is…
Religious tradition | Very important | Somewhat important | Not too important | Not at all important | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 20% | 40% | 20% | 16% | 3% | 147 |
Catholic | 41% | 42% | 13% | 4% | < 1% | 3,807 |
Evangelical Protestant | 45% | 45% | 7% | 2% | < 1% | 1,462 |
Hindu | 13% | 55% | 23% | 9% | < 1% | 120 |
Historically Black Protestant | 62% | 31% | 5% | 2% | < 1% | 308 |
Jewish | 18% | 41% | 27% | 13% | < 1% | 580 |
Mainline Protestant | 29% | 47% | 19% | 4% | 1% | 2,641 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 6% | 20% | 28% | 45% | 1% | 6,116 |
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