Age distribution among adults who meditate at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who meditate at least once a week by age group

% of adults who meditate at least once a week who are ages…

Religious tradition18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Buddhist37%27%24%12%182
Catholic11%32%30%27%2,961
Evangelical Protestant13%30%31%26%4,304
Historically Black Protestant13%35%33%20%1,102
Jehovah's Witness15%32%28%25%190
Jewish24%28%28%21%220
Mainline Protestant9%23%31%37%2,357
Mormon19%41%23%18%403
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%40%23%11%1,996
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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