Age distribution among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by age group

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

Religious denomination18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA22%29%30%19%202
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints16%46%22%16%154
Churches of Christ24%31%28%18%160
Episcopal Church11%22%30%37%246
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)15%25%30%30%309
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)24%37%27%12%262
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod11%33%26%29%180
National Baptist Convention17%24%39%21%172
Nondenominational evangelical25%41%24%11%129
Nothing in particular (religion important)29%40%23%8%1,107
Nothing in particular (religion not important)32%38%20%10%1,786
Presbyterian Church (USA)8%25%24%43%160
Southern Baptist Convention17%25%30%28%536
United Church of Christ6%26%37%31%117
United Methodist Church8%31%28%34%735
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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