Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA37%8%49%5%< 1%242
Assemblies of God67%5%25%2%1%198
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints61%4%27%7%2%253
Churches of Christ48%9%37%6%1%221
Episcopal Church20%18%48%9%5%337
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)32%9%50%7%2%385
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)44%5%43%6%3%333
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)63%4%32%1%< 1%128
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod33%10%49%6%1%199
National Baptist Convention50%6%40%3%< 1%302
Nondenominational evangelical71%8%19%1%1%286
Nothing in particular (religion important)16%16%55%9%3%1,141
Nothing in particular (religion not important)2%18%60%18%1%2,080
Presbyterian Church (USA)36%14%38%9%3%250
Southern Baptist Convention55%5%35%3%1%773
Unitarian2%30%40%22%5%142
United Church of Christ19%19%49%11%3%174
United Methodist Church34%10%48%7%1%873
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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