Parent of children under 18 among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by parental status

% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA23%77%152
Assemblies of God35%65%263
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints44%56%371
Churches of Christ29%71%243
Episcopal Church29%71%146
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)26%74%209
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)28%72%430
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)39%61%101
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod20%80%218
National Baptist Convention24%76%143
Nondenominational charismatic34%66%101
Nondenominational evangelical39%61%467
Nothing in particular (religion important)35%65%553
Nothing in particular (religion not important)29%71%558
Presbyterian Church (USA)16%84%135
Southern Baptist Convention27%73%987
United Methodist Church24%76%623
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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