Racial and ethnic composition among Mainline Protestants by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Mainline Protestants by race/ethnicity

% of Mainline Protestants who identify as…

Sources of guidance on right and wrongWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Religion84%5%2%6%3%1,803
Philosophy/reason88%2%1%5%4%641
Common sense88%3%1%5%3%2,949
Science86%2%2%8%3%418
Don't know91%1%1%4%3%184
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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