| Frequency | Madeira | Fortaleza | ||
| n | % | n | % | |
| More than once a week | 7 | 3.1 | 30 | 7.9 |
| Once a week | 41 | 18.2 | 110 | 28.9 |
| Once or twice a month | 24 | 10.7 | 65 | 17.1 |
| At Christmas and Easter | 18 | 8.0 | 5 | 1.3 |
| The party of the Patron Saint/other Saints | 4 | 1.8 | 7 | 1.8 |
| In the baptisms, weddings and funerals | 13 | 5.8 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Very rarely or never | 35 | 15.6 | 64 | 16.8 |