Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
American Baptist Churches USA5%4%91%205
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints9%11%80%153
Churches of Christ5%7%87%157
Episcopal Church6%9%85%248
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)3%9%88%316
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)4%5%90%259
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%7%91%183
National Baptist Convention2%2%96%170
Nondenominational evangelical7%8%85%129
Nothing in particular (religion important)12%10%78%1,107
Nothing in particular (religion not important)9%12%79%1,778
Presbyterian Church (USA)9%3%88%164
Southern Baptist Convention2%2%97%534
United Church of Christ6%5%89%118
United Methodist Church4%4%92%742
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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