While Americans as a whole are becoming less religious, those who still practice a faith are more committed than ever to their beliefs, according to a new study released by the Pew Research Center.



The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, released Tuesday, found that more religiously affiliated adults read scripture regularly and participate in small religious groups compared to seven years ago.



Additionally, 88% of religiously affiliated adults say they pray daily, weekly or monthly - the same percentage that reported regular prayer in the first landscape study in 2007.



"People who say they have a religion - which is still the vast majority of the population - show no discernible dip in levels of observance," said Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at Pew.



"They report attending religious services as often as they did a few years ago. They pray as often as they did before, and they are just as likely to say that religion plays a very important role in their lives," he added. "On some measures there are even small increases in their levels of religious practice."



However, religious affiliation overall has decreased about three percentage points in recent years, primarily due to the growth in the share of "nones" who say they don't believe in God. About 77% of adults surveyed describe themselves as religiously affiliated, a decline from 83% in 2007.

