Gender composition among adults who meditate at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who meditate at least once a week by gender

% of adults who meditate at least once a week who are…

Religious denominationMenWomenSample size
American Baptist Churches USA36%64%211
Assemblies of God38%62%285
Church of God in Christ46%54%109
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints50%50%399
Churches of Christ39%61%223
Episcopal Church45%55%207
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)42%58%243
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)52%48%362
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)41%59%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod45%55%211
National Baptist Convention38%62%304
Nondenominational charismatic33%67%114
Nondenominational evangelical43%57%354
Nothing in particular (religion important)50%50%729
Nothing in particular (religion not important)50%50%704
Presbyterian Church (USA)42%58%188
Seventh-day Adventist40%60%106
Southern Baptist Convention46%54%932
United Church of Christ36%64%104
United Methodist Church37%63%709
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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