Immigrant status among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who read scripture at least once a week by immigrant status

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who are…

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
American Baptist Churches USA12%5%83%230
Assemblies of God22%8%70%351
Church of God in Christ15%< 1%85%112
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints7%6%87%496
Churches of Christ7%7%87%300
Episcopal Church5%8%87%112
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)< 1%10%90%186
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)5%6%89%504
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)7%10%84%136
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod3%7%90%182
National Baptist Convention4%< 1%96%310
Nondenominational charismatic5%9%86%141
Nondenominational evangelical9%12%79%494
Nothing in particular (religion important)18%6%75%407
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%16%58%111
Presbyterian Church (USA)11%2%87%168
Seventh-day Adventist33%9%58%119
Southern Baptist Convention2%2%96%1,202
United Methodist Church5%3%92%639
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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