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Now thinking about the present, about how often do you pray?
How often respondent prays, detailed categories · Asked in 4 waves, 1991–2018 · 5,183 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
In 2018 no one was coded 'once a day' or 'several times a day', so that year's top answer, 'several times a week', evidently includes them; it is shown separately.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Showing the first 8 of 12 answers.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,175 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,365 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 1,284 |
| General Social Survey 1991 | 1991-02-09 to 1991-05-06 | face to face | 1,517 | 1,359 |
| Group | Never | Less than once a year | About once or twice a year | Several times a year | About once a month | 2-3 times a month | Nearly every week | Every week | Several times a week | Several times a week or more often | Once a day | Several times a day | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 15% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 8% | – | 62% | – | – | 1175 | ±4 | |
| Northeast | 18% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | – | 60% | – | – | 180 | ±9 | |
| Midwest | 18% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 9% | – | 57% | – | – | 254 | ±8 | |
| South | 9% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 8% | – | 70% | – | – | 475 | ±5 | |
| West | 22% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 8% | – | 56% | – | – | 266 | ±8 |
General Social Survey 2018 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.