Views about human evolution among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by views about human evolution
% of adults who say religion is very important who say humans…
Religious tradition | Evolved; due to natural processes | Evolved; due to God's design | Evolved; don't know how | Always existed in present form | Don't know | Sample size |
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Catholic | 21% | 34% | 4% | 35% | 6% | 4,220 |
Evangelical Protestant | 7% | 23% | 2% | 63% | 5% | 6,904 |
Historically Black Protestant | 13% | 30% | 3% | 48% | 5% | 1,641 |
Jehovah's Witness | 2% | 14% | < 1% | 78% | 5% | 224 |
Jewish | 26% | 31% | 7% | 30% | 7% | 279 |
Mainline Protestant | 15% | 34% | 5% | 39% | 6% | 3,317 |
Mormon | 5% | 29% | 1% | 58% | 7% | 559 |
Muslim | 19% | 25% | 2% | 49% | 5% | 154 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 23% | 30% | 5% | 37% | 5% | 826 |
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