Views about human evolution among women by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among women by views about human evolution

% of women who say humans…

Religious denominationEvolved; due to natural processesEvolved; due to God's designEvolved; don't know howAlways existed in present formDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA21%27%3%44%5%277
Assemblies of God7%21%3%66%3%263
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints11%28%1%55%5%308
Churches of Christ15%28%4%49%5%287
Episcopal Church43%34%6%13%4%257
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)21%37%4%34%4%355
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)14%27%1%55%3%416
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)9%28%5%55%3%125
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod16%30%2%47%4%237
National Baptist Convention16%28%5%44%7%285
Nondenominational charismatic4%17%2%74%2%110
Nondenominational evangelical2%23%1%71%3%335
Nothing in particular (religion important)30%28%5%33%4%941
Nothing in particular (religion not important)69%13%4%12%3%1,279
Presbyterian Church (USA)31%28%2%34%6%230
Southern Baptist Convention11%20%2%62%4%911
Unitarian75%9%5%8%4%103
United Church of Christ31%28%4%29%8%132
United Methodist Church19%34%4%37%6%927
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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