Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA30%70%211
Assemblies of God33%67%285
Church of God in Christ31%69%108
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints41%59%397
Churches of Christ31%69%223
Episcopal Church20%80%207
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)15%85%243
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)23%77%360
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)34%66%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod19%81%210
National Baptist Convention26%74%303
Nondenominational charismatic28%72%114
Nondenominational evangelical36%64%351
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%68%726
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%74%702
Presbyterian Church (USA)17%83%187
Seventh-day Adventist30%70%106
Southern Baptist Convention21%79%931
United Church of Christ27%73%104
United Methodist Church18%82%708
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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