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% | – |