Importance of religion in one's life among women by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among women by importance of religion

% of women who say religion is…

Religious denominationVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA75%22%< 1%1%1%277
Assemblies of God91%8%< 1%< 1%1%263
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85%11%3%1%< 1%308
Churches of Christ77%22%1%< 1%< 1%287
Episcopal Church49%37%10%3%< 1%257
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)62%32%6%< 1%< 1%355
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)75%23%2%< 1%1%416
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)79%15%2%< 1%4%125
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod72%23%3%2%< 1%237
National Baptist Convention94%6%< 1%< 1%< 1%285
Nondenominational charismatic85%13%1%< 1%1%110
Nondenominational evangelical89%8%1%1%< 1%335
Nothing in particular (religion important)41%59%< 1%< 1%< 1%941
Nothing in particular (religion not important)< 1%< 1%54%45%2%1,279
Presbyterian Church (USA)69%26%4%1%< 1%230
Southern Baptist Convention86%13%< 1%< 1%1%911
Unitarian25%32%32%10%1%103
United Church of Christ68%23%7%2%< 1%132
United Methodist Church67%28%4%1%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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