Among teens who participated in such an activity, the survey found 43 percent attend church once a week or more, 25 percent once or twice a month and 21 percent less than once a month. Nine percent of teens who said they participated in religious service projects "never" attend church.
Seventy percent of Church of the Latter-day Saints teens reported religious service involvement, the most among all religious groups. Even though they have not yet embarked on their traditional two-year mission by the age of 17, Mormons are taught the importance of service early on, said Latter-Day Saints spokesman Dale Bills.
Among other religious groups, 43 percent of mainline Protestant teens said they participated in service projects and missions, while Catholic and Jewish teens reported the least involvement, at 23 percent each.
The study also found that mothers with college degrees are more likely to have teenagers involved in religious service projects. one-fifth of teens whose mothers have less than a high school education said they participated in service projects, compared with 37 percent of the children of women with master's degrees.
The percentages drop, however, among children of women with doctorates or professional degrees. only 13 percent of those teens said they participated in religious projects. The study did not mention a correlation between fathers' education and religious service.
"In terms of the effect of religion on service, education can boost the effect up to a point, and then among your most highly educated you tend to have less investment in religion," said Melinda Denton, project manager for the study. "There's some relationship between increased religion and decreased religiosity at those higher levels of education."
By Jonah King
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