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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: PRAYFREQ

Question: Now thinking about the present. About how often do you pray?

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Never10
Less than once a year2
About once or twice a year3
Several times a year8
About once a month3
2-3 times a month5
Nearly every week6
Every week11
Several times a week11
Once a day27
Several times a day16
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Never 15 6
Less than once a year 2 1
About once or twice a year 3 2
Several times a year 9 7
About once a month 4 2
2-3 times a month 5 4
Nearly every week 5 7
Every week 11 10
Several times a week 11 11
Once a day 21 32
Several times a day 11 19
Not answered 2 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Never 18 12 11 7 8 3
Less than once a year 3 2 2 1 0 0
About once or twice a year 4 5 3 1 0 2
Several times a year 13 11 10 6 3 1
About once a month 4 4 3 2 2 0
2-3 times a month 5 8 4 4 3 2
Nearly every week 9 6 6 4 6 5
Every week 12 7 11 11 13 13
Several times a week 8 12 12 9 16 8
Once a day 19 23 22 34 29 38
Several times a day 6 10 16 19 19 28
Not answered 1 1 1 3 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Never 2 11 39
Less than once a year 1 1 4
About once or twice a year 2 4 1
Several times a year 5 8 15
About once a month 1 4 4
2-3 times a month 3 6 6
Nearly every week 5 6 8
Every week 17 8 5
Several times a week 12 11 10
Once a day 33 27 6
Several times a day 21 14 1
Not answered 0 2 2

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