 In 2017, the Humanist Society Scotland commissioned a survey of Scottish residents 16 years and older, asking the question "Are you religious," of the 1,016 respondents 72.4 percent responded no, 23.6 said yes, and 4 percent did not answer.Church attendance has also declined, with two-thirds of people living in Scotland saying they "never or practically never" attend services, compared with 49 per cent when the survey began.Scotland has therefore been described as the fastest secularising nation in history.