Teen religious practices, 1997 compared with 2009
Percent of U.S. teenagers, 1997 and 2009 (in percent)
Key finding
- Prayer: 81%
- Sunday school participation: 35%
- Donated own money to church: 35%
Source: Barna Group, How Teenagers’ Faith Practices are Changing · Barna teen study, December 2009; maximum margin of sampling error of +/-4.1 percentage points. Article published 2023-12-04.
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Prayer: 81%. Sunday school participation: 35%. Donated own money to church: 35%.
Who published this data?
Barna Group, 2009. Source: Barna Group, How Teenagers’ Faith Practices are Changing (https://www.barna.com/research/how-teenagers-faith-practices-are-changing/).
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