Gender gap: Woman more religious in general, says survey

While in general, more women are inclined to be religious, it is not true in all areas in the world. There are places where men tend to be more religious than women.

The Pew Research Center found out that the ratio depends on religious tradition. The data they collected in 84 countries in a recent survey show that in 43 countries, more women pray daily; the numbers of men and women are about the same in 40 countries; but in Israel, more men practice daily prayer.

In 36 countries, more women say that religion is very important to them; 46 countries have about equal numbers; while in Israel and Mozambique, more men say that religion plays an important part in their lives.

However, 48 percent of the men in 81 countries attend worship at least once a week, higher than the 42 percent of women. This, according to Pew, is driven by the Islamic population in 27 countries surveyed. In 30 countries where there are more Christians, more women tend to attend weekly service, while results from 23 other countries show equal share.

In the United States, according to a 2014 survey, 64 percent of women pray daily against 47 percent of men; and 60 percent of women say that religion is important for them, higher than 47 percent of men.

It is estimated that in 2010, women outnumbered men by 97 million when it comes to relgious affiliation. Roughly 79 percent of men are affiliated with religion, lower than the 83.4 percent of women. Christian women are more devout than their male counterparts, but Muslim men and women are equally committed.

Meanwhile, more women in 15 of 63 countries surveyed believe in heaven, more women in 10 countries believe in hell, and more women in 14 countries believe in angels.