Marital status among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by marital status

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic52%7%15%11%16%1,799
Evangelical Protestant59%3%14%8%16%5,501
Historically Black Protestant33%5%20%10%32%1,183
Jehovah's Witness54%4%13%9%21%215
Jewish62%4%8%2%24%119
Mainline Protestant57%4%12%13%15%1,882
Mormon68%3%5%5%19%510
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")34%7%15%5%40%603
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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