Gender composition among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by gender

% of adults who say religion is very important who are…

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Catholic42%58%4,220
Evangelical Protestant43%57%6,904
Historically Black Protestant40%60%1,641
Jehovah's Witness34%66%224
Jewish51%49%279
Mainline Protestant39%61%3,317
Mormon45%55%559
Muslim66%34%154
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")51%49%826
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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