Marital status among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who read scripture once or twice a month by marital status

% of adults who read scripture once or twice a month who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic49%11%13%6%22%781
Evangelical Protestant48%6%15%7%23%977
Historically Black Protestant31%3%16%6%43%248
Mainline Protestant52%4%13%7%23%787
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")32%15%12%1%40%359
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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