Only 27 percent of adult Jews in the United States attend synagogues, a Gallup poll on church attendance in 1955 established. The proportion of Catholic adults attending church is given as 74. Among Protestants, only 42 percent of the adults attend church services. The average number of adults attending religious services in the United States was 49,600,000 in 1955, or 49 percent of the total adult population.
The highest attendance was found in smaller cities those between 2,500 and 50,000 population. Women outnumber men in attendance of services. Persons who have had a college education go more often to services than those who have had only a high school education.
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