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

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA45%5%43%7%1%202
Assemblies of God80%< 1%17%1%1%232
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints68%3%23%2%3%354
Churches of Christ59%5%34%1%1%246
Episcopal Church18%8%64%9%2%139
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)32%4%57%5%2%228
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)58%5%35%1%2%461
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod49%6%41%2%2%239
National Baptist Convention49%4%42%5%1%137
Nondenominational evangelical76%2%18%2%1%357
Nothing in particular (religion important)20%8%60%10%1%736
Nothing in particular (religion not important)4%12%72%11%1%745
Presbyterian Church (USA)40%10%44%3%3%161
Southern Baptist Convention65%3%29%1%2%967
United Methodist Church42%6%45%4%3%684
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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