Generational cohort among Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by generational group

% of Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

Religious familyYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)14%17%23%34%11%1%297
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)3%5%27%42%19%5%142
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)9%9%17%39%25%1%309
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)11%7%26%37%15%2%449
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)6%7%26%35%23%4%808
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)10%22%37%27%4%< 1%187
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)17%19%25%29%9%1%360
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)7%7%20%42%20%6%302
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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