Un niveau très bas de pratique religieuse
In western Europe, France has the highest rate of non-practicing population. According to the European Values Study of 1999, 60.1% of the French claim to never attend any church service. Only 7.5% of the respondents attest to have attended a service at least once a week.
Question : How often do you attend a religious service ? (in percentage)
| More than once a week | 1,6 | 1,3 | 1,5 | 1,8 |
| Once a week | 8,0 | 10,6 | 8,6 | 5,7 |
| Once a month | 5,4 | 6,0 | 6,7 | 4,3 |
| Only on special holy days/Christmas/Easter days | 6,1 | 6,3 | 6,9 | 5,6 |
| Other specific holy days | 8,4 | 6,8 | 10,0 | 8,7 |
| Once a year | 6,2 | 5,0 | 6,9 | 6,6 |
| Less often | 6,9 | 7,1 | 7,0 | 6,8 |
| Never, practically never | 56,9 | 56,9 | 51,7 | 60,1 |
| Don´t know | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| No answer | 0,4 | 0,0 | 0,8 | 0,4 |
| Total | 3817 (100%) | 1200 (100%) | 1002 (100%) | 1615 (100%) |
24 septembre 2012 Anne-Laure Zwilling
