Frequency of meditation among baby Boomers by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among baby Boomers by frequency of meditation

% of baby Boomers who meditate…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA50%5%3%42%< 1%194
Assemblies of God55%5%3%36%1%190
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints65%7%3%24%1%209
Churches of Christ42%7%2%48%2%182
Episcopal Church42%11%1%45%1%215
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)34%10%3%52%< 1%260
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)45%6%2%45%2%354
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod39%6%3%52%< 1%184
National Baptist Convention69%11%< 1%19%1%216
Nondenominational evangelical58%8%3%29%1%270
Nothing in particular (religion important)39%7%4%48%2%650
Nothing in particular (religion not important)25%8%5%61%1%945
Presbyterian Church (USA)37%9%4%48%2%173
Southern Baptist Convention51%7%3%37%2%791
United Church of Christ42%11%6%39%2%101
United Methodist Church41%7%6%44%1%677
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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