INSCOP: 85pct of Romanians believe they are religious persons

  More than three-quarters of Romanians (85%) consider themselves religious, according to an opinion poll conducted by INSCOP Research.The research reveals that 85% of Romanians consider themselves religious, while 14% say no, and 1% do not know or refused to answer.According to the poll, AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) voters (97%), people with primary education (97%) and rural residents (93%) consider themselves religious. People with higher education (30%), USR voters (36%), young people under 30 (23%) and residents of Bucharest (29%) and large urban areas (22%) declare in a higher proportion than the rest of the population that they do not consider themselves religious.Most Romanians go to church only on major holidays - 25.4%. Also, 23% of those surveyed stated that they go to church once a week, 19.4% - very rarely, 17.1% - at least once a month, 7.6% - several times a week, and 6.8% - never. The share of non-responses is 0.7%.The survey also shows that especially PNL (National Liberal Party) voters (13%), people between 18 and 29 years old (12%) and people with primary education (12%) go to church several times a week.Especially PSD (Social Democratic Party) voters (30%) and AUR voters (31%), people with primary education (32%) and residents of small urban areas (30%) go to church once a week.People between 30 and 44 years old (24%) and state employees (23%) attend church at least once a month. Men (28%), residents of Bucharest (29%) and state employees (33%) only go to major holidays to a greater extent than the rest of the population.Especially USR (Save Romania Union) voters (25%), people with higher education (27%) and residents of Bucharest (29%) and large urban areas (25%) go to church very rarely. Among the categories that say they never go to church, USR voters (12%) and residents of Bucharest (13%) are found in higher percentages than the average.The Informat.ro - INSCOP Research Barometer is a monthly opinion poll conducted by INSCOP Research at the request of the Informat.ro news platform in partnership with the Strategic Thinking Group think-tank.The research was conducted between June 20 and 26. The data were collected using the CATI method (telephone interviews), the volume of the simple, stratified sample being 1,150 people, representative of significant socio-demographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 and over. The maximum allowed error of the data is ? 2.9%, at a confidence level of 95%.