Jana Riess: “In what many U.S. Latter-day Saints will view as good news, they ranked or tied for first in having the highest percentage of any religion of people who pray, attend church at least a few times a year and visit with their religious leader.”
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints listen to speakers during the morning session of General Conference on Saturday, April 1, 2023. A new study shows Latter-day Saints have the highest percentage of any religion of people who pray, attend church at least a few times a year and visit with their faith leader.
“What strikes me is that we still see a picture of Latter-day Saints who are more religious than the U.S. population, and there are still indicators that that is the case,” said, CEO of PRRI and a longtime political scientist. “We always report religious attendance, but in this area of specific practices, like praying and talking to religious leaders, clearly Latter-day Saints stand apart on that measure.
But when you add that together with the second possible response — “Religion is one among many important things in my life” — Latter-day Saints rank highly, because 52% chose that option. However, the Cooperative Election Study, a national online survey conducted in the wake of major elections, has asked a similar question annually since 2008 and shows— the 76% who agreed with that statement in 2008 had slipped to 61.7% by 2020. So PRRI’s finding is not an isolated one.
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