Americans who say churches should do more to prevent suicide
Percent of U.S. adults, 2013 (in percent)
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- Americans who say churches should do more to prevent suicide: 54%. Percent of Americans who say churches should do more to prevent suicide
Source: Lifeway Research, Hope for the Afflicted: The Church and Mental Illness · Lifeway Research survey, September 2013. Article published 2014-07-21.
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Americans who say churches should do more to prevent suicide: 54%. Percent of Americans who say churches should do more to prevent suicide.
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Lifeway Research, 2013. Source: Lifeway Research, Hope for the Afflicted: The Church and Mental Illness (https://research.lifeway.com/2014/07/21/hope-for-the-afflicted-the-church-and-mental-illness/).
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