Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among women by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among women by attendance at prayer groups

% of women who attend prayer group…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA37%15%8%40%< 1%277
Assemblies of God58%12%6%24%< 1%263
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints70%7%3%19%1%308
Churches of Christ46%16%7%31%< 1%287
Episcopal Church9%9%8%71%2%257
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)17%11%10%62%< 1%355
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%14%7%39%1%416
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)46%11%15%28%< 1%125
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod24%15%8%52%1%237
National Baptist Convention57%12%9%22%< 1%285
Nondenominational charismatic51%16%9%24%< 1%110
Nondenominational evangelical53%13%13%22%< 1%335
Nothing in particular (religion important)13%7%8%72%< 1%941
Nothing in particular (religion not important)1%2%3%94%< 1%1,279
Presbyterian Church (USA)27%16%10%48%< 1%230
Southern Baptist Convention47%12%10%30%1%911
Unitarian4%7%13%72%5%103
United Church of Christ18%17%10%54%< 1%132
United Methodist Church29%12%11%48%< 1%927
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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