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. 2019 Sep 11;51(5):2022–2038. doi: 10.3758/s13428-019-01273-7

Table 6.

Religiosity and religious practice for the MTurk, Prime panels, and ANES samples

Sample
MTurk Prime panels
Passed
Prime panels Failed ANES
Religion
  Buddhist 1.3% 1.5% 1.2% 0.8%
  Christian 46.2% 59.4% 66.1% 58.9%
  Muslim 0.2% 0.6% 1.6% 0.7%
  Jewish 1.3% 2.6% 2.0% 2.5%
  Hindu 0.7% 0.4% 2.4% 0.2%
  Agnostic 18.8% 8.8% 2.9% 6.6%
  Atheist 20.4% 7.9% 4.1% 6.8%
  Other 7.0% 12.0% 11.8% 11.5%
  Prefer not to say 4.0% 6.8% 7.8%
Religion importance
  Center of my entire life 7.8% 10.7% 13.5%
  Very important 16.6% 31.7% 39.6%
  Moderately important 17.0% 19.9% 20.8%
  Not important at all, although I am religious 13.2% 11.3% 10.6%
  I am not religious 45.3% 26.5% 15.5%
Born-Again Christian
  Yes 19.0% 28.9% 42.0% 29.4%
Belief in God
  Yes 58.5% 80.0% 88.3%
Frequency of prayer
  At least once a day 23.8% 41.9% 50.4%
  Around once a week 13.0% 15.4% 19.8%
  Around once a month 7.2% 8.5% 5.6%
  A couple of times a year 8.5% 6.8% 7.7%
  Less than once a year 4.7% 3.8% 4.4%
  Never or not applicable 42.8% 23.7% 12.1%