Young Americans Reject Sunday as a Rel.Holiday; Poll:Only 22 Percent of Millennials Attend Church

A recent poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe that the Sabbath is a religiously significant day has sharply declined since 1978, the Christian Post website reports today (May 4, 2016).

In a survey -- conducted by YouGov on behalf of Deseret News -- 50 percent of respondents said the Sabbath had a religious or spiritual significance. This contrasts to a 1978 Gallup poll when 74 percent of respondents said the same.

In their report, titled "Sabbath Day Observance in the U.S.," Deseret noted that the trend was most prominent among the millennial generation. Also, only 22 percent of millennials report attending church.

"Only 41 percent of millennials consider Sunday to have religious meaning, compared to 51 percent of Generation X, 56 percent of Baby Bombers, and 58 percent of the Silent Generation," the report indicated.