---
title: "The Stronger Sex — Spiritually Speaking"
description: "March is Women’s History Month. A new analysis of data from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that women are more religious than men on a variety of measures. Data: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007, released in 2008."
date: "2009-02-26"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/02/26/the-stronger-sex-spiritually-speaking/"
categories:
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Gender"
  - "Gender & LGBTQ"
  - "Gender & Religion"
  - "Religious Characteristics of Demographic Groups"
  - "Religious Commitment"
  - "U.S. Religious Demographics"
---

# The Stronger Sex — Spiritually Speaking

March is Women's History Month. A new analysis of data from the [U.S. Religious Landscape Survey](http://religions.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/), conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that women are more religious than men on a variety of measures.

![Gender](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/gender.gif)

Data: [Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey](http://religions.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/), conducted in 2007, released in 2008.

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