Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Evangelical Protestants who are third generation or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who are third generation or higher by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of Evangelical Protestants who are third generation or higher who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
| Religious denomination | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemblies of God | 72% | 2% | 23% | 2% | 1% | 352 |
| Churches of Christ | 55% | 6% | 35% | 4% | 1% | 436 |
| Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 53% | 4% | 38% | 3% | 2% | 734 |
| Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 63% | 5% | 30% | 2% | 1% | 179 |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 43% | 7% | 44% | 4% | 2% | 409 |
| Nondenominational charismatic | 72% | 3% | 23% | < 1% | 1% | 161 |
| Nondenominational evangelical | 75% | 4% | 18% | 2% | 1% | 563 |
| Presbyterian Church in America | 50% | 5% | 38% | 6% | 2% | 138 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 60% | 4% | 32% | 2% | 2% | 1,754 |
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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