{"id":25503,"date":"2009-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/05\/07\/prayer-in-america\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:52:10","slug":"prayer-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2009\/05\/07\/prayer-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Day of Prayer, established by Congress in 1952, occurs on May 7 this year. The <a href=\"http:\/\/religions.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/\">U.S. Religious Landscape Survey<\/a>, conducted by the Pew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life, shows that prayer is a common religious practice in America, with nearly six-in-ten adults in the U.S. saying they pray at least once a day. However, frequency of prayer differs significantly by religious tradition, age, gender and income.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/old-assets\/publications\/1211-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"443\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sub>Data from the Pew Forum <a href=\"http:\/\/religions.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/\">U.S. Religious Landscape Survey<\/a>, conducted May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007, among more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older; released in 2008. <\/sub><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sub>Question wording: People practice their religion in different ways. 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