* Americans who regularly read the Bible are more likely to say they have found their calling in life than those who do not read Scripture.
* Those described as "Scripture engaged"—regular readers who report impact on their lives—are significantly more likely to have found their calling than "Scripture disengaged" Americans.
* People with a strong sense of calling flourish more, and Scripture is at the heart of that connection.
* Americans who regularly engage with the Bible are the most confident in their life calling.
* Scripture-disengaged Americans scored lower on actively searching for their calling than the Scripture-engaged group.
* Americans with paid jobs are more likely to say they have found their calling than those actively seeking work.
* There is a positive relationship between education and a sense of calling; respondents with bachelor's or postgraduate degrees were more likely to report finding their calling.
* Roughly one in five Americans report not having a calling in work or life overall (20% and 16%, respectively).
* Nearly two in five Americans (39%) say it is either "totally true" (14%) or "mostly true" (25%) that they have found their calling in life.

Individuals who regularly read the Bible are more likely to report having found their life calling compared to those who do not engage with Scripture. Data from the American Bible Society's State of the Bible report indicates that those who regularly engage with the Bible, referred to as "Scripture engaged," are significantly more confident in their life calling. Furthermore, this group is also the most confident in their life calling among Americans.
Conversely, Americans who rarely or never read Scripture, termed "Scripture disengaged," scored lower on finding a calling. The research suggests that a strong sense of calling is connected to regular engagement with the Bible, as Scripture is central to that connection. Interestingly, Scripture-disengaged individuals also showed lower scores regarding actively searching for their calling.
The findings also indicate correlations with other factors: Americans with paid jobs are more likely to report having found a calling than those actively seeking work. Additionally, there is a positive relationship between education level and the sense of calling; respondents with bachelor's or postgraduate degrees were more likely to claim they had found their calling. Overall, while nearly two in five Americans report finding their calling, approximately one in five report not having one, though a significant portion express feeling that it is "totally true" or "mostly true."

The data suggests a strong linkage between engagement with religious texts, specifically the Bible, and the articulation of personal purpose. The finding that Scripture engagement correlates with confidence in one's life calling implies that the structure and narrative provided by religious tradition may offer a framework that facilitates the development or recognition of meaning. However, the observation that Scripture-disengaged individuals are less likely to be actively searching for a calling introduces complexity; it suggests that the *process* of seeking purpose might be fundamentally shaped by a shared cultural or spiritual context, even if that context is not explicitly religious.
The nuanced view on the term "calling"—acknowledging its dual use as both a spiritual vocation and a secular career—and finding correlations with socioeconomic status (education and employment) challenges a purely monolithic interpretation of calling. If calling is viewed only through a theological lens, attributing higher success in finding it solely to reading Scripture risks overlooking the agency inherent in worldly pursuits. The pattern observed points toward a potential interplay where spiritual grounding might influence the *type* of seeking undertaken, but external structures like education and employment also appear to be significant predictors of successfully claiming purpose.
The implication for human agency is twofold: one possibility is that spiritual frameworks provide the most robust scaffolding for deep purpose, while another is that engagement with any meaningful narrative—whether scriptural or secular—is crucial. The discrepancy between those who have found a calling and those actively seeking it suggests that finding purpose may be less about discovering an external truth and more about the sustained commitment to a path, regardless of the initial source of inspiration. Future inquiry should explore whether the reported "calling" is internally consistent with personal experience across different belief systems, and how educational attainment interacts with spiritual frameworks in defining this perceived success.