Religious practice
Religious participation in Europe according to the 2008 EVS Survey
How often attend religious services? (% of valid answers)
more than once a week | 4.8 |
once a week | 13.5 |
once a month | 11.0 |
only on specific holy days | 25.9 |
once a year | 7.0 |
less often | 9.9 |
never, practically never | 27.9 |
Total | 100.0 |
Do you personally think it is important to hold a religious service for any of the following events? (% of valid answers)
no | yes | Total | |
birth | 26.9 | 73.1 | 100 |
marriage | 26.8 | 73.2 | 100 |
death | 18.1 | 81.9 | 100 |
5 February 2014The 2008 European Values Study (EVS) was conducted in 47 European countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Republic of Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland , Turkey, Ukraine.