As of 2021, Generation Z was the least likely generation to have participated in any religious services while growing up, followed by Millennials. The Silent Generation was the most likely generation to have participated in religious services, with 68 percent reporting that they attended Sunday school or another religious education program while growing up.
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Survey Center on American Life. (March 24, 2022). Share of adults who participated in religious services when they were growing up in the United States in 2021, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364267/us-adults-participated-religious-services-by-generation/
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Survey Center on American Life. (2022). Share of adults who participated in religious services when they were growing up in the United States in 2021, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364267/us-adults-participated-religious-services-by-generation/
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Survey Center on American Life, Share of adults who participated in religious services when they were growing up in the United States in 2021, by generation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364267/us-adults-participated-religious-services-by-generation/ (last visited June 07, 2025)
Share of adults who participated in religious services when they were growing up in the United States in 2021, by generation [Graph], Survey Center on American Life, March 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364267/us-adults-participated-religious-services-by-generation/
