Most Americans Pray Once a Day

Fuse/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A majority of Americans are living on prayer.

According to the 2014 General Social Survey of about 2,540 adults, mostly funded by the National Science Foundation, 57 percent of people said they prayed at least once a day while three in four admitted praying at least once a week. Meanwhile, a quarter of the respondents said they either prayed rarely or not at all.

While the numbers of Americans praying are essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, being part of an organized religion continues to fall. Just over nine in ten were affiliated with a particular faith during the latter part of the 20th century but now just 79 percent make that claim.

Thirty years ago, 50 percent of Americans said they attended some sort of worship services at least once a month compared to around 40 percent in 2013.

Today, 54 percent described themselves as “very” or “moderately” religious, down from 62 percent in 2006.

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