Eight-in-ten born-again/evangelical Protestants pray daily, say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives

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December 8, 2021

About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated

Eight-in-ten born-again/evangelical Protestants pray daily, say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives

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About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
In U.S., roughly three-in-ten adults now religiously unaffiliated
Within Christianity, recent declines concentrated in Protestantism
Among Protestants, born-again or evangelical Christians continue to outnumber non-evangelicals
Fewer than half of U.S. adults pray daily
Four-in-ten U.S. adults consider religion ‘very important’ in their lives
A quarter of U.S. adults say they attend religious services at least weekly
Half of U.S. Protestants, roughly one-third of Catholics say they attend religious services at least monthly
Among U.S. adults, one-in-five now describe their religion as ‘nothing in particular’
Sample sizes and margins of error for estimates of religious identity and attendance
Sample sizes and margins of error for estimates of prayer frequency and religion’s importance
Sample sizes and margins of error for 2021 estimates of frequency of attendance, prayer frequency, and religion’s importance among subgroups

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