Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist14%23%63%185
Catholic36%14%50%2,996
Evangelical Protestant11%7%82%4,352
Historically Black Protestant8%2%90%1,109
Jehovah's Witness25%7%67%193
Jewish16%20%64%226
Mainline Protestant8%7%84%2,395
Mormon8%7%85%408
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")16%12%72%1,983
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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