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A new analysis of survey data finds women pray more often then men, are more likely to believe in God, and are more religious than men in a variety of other ways.
The reasons, analysts say, could range from traditional mothering duties to the tendency of men to take risks - in this case the chance they might not go to heaven.
Women More Religious Than Men (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090301/sc_livescience/womenmorereligiousthanmen;_ylt=AoBMlOAfOQbCLkfo5vg sGVUPLBIF - broken link)
Stark may have purposely overstated the case, but you get the point. My wife suggested another reason: Life is simply harder for women. While I can't argue with that, I also can't find any research connecting that to prayer or church attendance.