Religious tradition among adults in the West by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture among adults in the West by religious group
% of adults in the West who are…
Frequency of reading scripture | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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At least once a week | 1% | 19% | 42% | < 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 9% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 2,736 |
Once or twice a month | 1% | 30% | 27% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 16% | 3% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | 747 |
Several times a year | 2% | 31% | 17% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 16% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 22% | < 1% | 685 |
Seldom/never | 1% | 22% | 9% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 45% | 1% | 4,270 |
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