FARMING POLL 2015 - DATA: Mass still part of the fabric of farming life

While 63% of respondents agree that they attend Mass on a weekly basis, there has been a sharp decline in the number of people who strongly agree that they attend mass every week, from 56% in 2013 to 43% in 2015.

Changing attitudes in Ireland in past two years

A total of 23% of respondents said that they did not attend Mass regularly. As for those who strongly disagreed when asked if they attended Mass weekly, the figure is now 14% compared with 9% in 2013.

Women in farming households are also more likely to be regular Mass-goers than men — 69% of women respondents said they go every week compared with 62% of men questioned.