Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never read scripture by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who seldom or never read scripture by religious group
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who are…
Generational cohort | 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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Younger Millennial | 1% | 17% | 6% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 10% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 55% | 1% | 1,761 |
Older Millennial | 1% | 17% | 8% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 9% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 51% | 1% | 2,193 |
Generation X | 1% | 24% | 10% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 13% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 41% | 1% | 3,367 |
Baby Boomer | 1% | 29% | 12% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 3% | 17% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | 1% | 5,836 |
Silent | < 1% | 30% | 13% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | 23% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 23% | 1% | 2,422 |
Greatest | < 1% | 27% | 15% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 12% | 23% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 18% | 1% | 241 |
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