Gender composition 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 gender

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

Religious denominationMenWomenSample size
American Baptist Churches USA41%59%210
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints46%54%155
Churches of Christ42%58%161
Episcopal Church49%51%249
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)42%58%317
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)45%55%265
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod50%50%184
National Baptist Convention41%59%176
Nondenominational evangelical54%46%131
Nothing in particular (religion important)52%48%1,127
Nothing in particular (religion not important)54%46%1,810
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%55%165
Southern Baptist Convention58%42%543
United Church of Christ40%60%119
United Methodist Church50%50%745
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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