Views about human evolution among non-parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among non-parents by views about human evolution
% of non-parents 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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Buddhist | 68% | 11% | 6% | 13% | 1% | 217 |
Catholic | 29% | 32% | 4% | 30% | 5% | 5,411 |
Evangelical Protestant | 10% | 25% | 2% | 57% | 5% | 6,385 |
Hindu | 65% | 15% | 2% | 14% | 4% | 115 |
Historically Black Protestant | 17% | 29% | 4% | 45% | 6% | 1,421 |
Jehovah's Witness | 5% | 12% | < 1% | 76% | 7% | 182 |
Jewish | 61% | 17% | 5% | 15% | 2% | 661 |
Mainline Protestant | 28% | 32% | 6% | 30% | 5% | 4,844 |
Mormon | 13% | 29% | 2% | 48% | 8% | 419 |
Muslim | 20% | 30% | 4% | 40% | 6% | 147 |
Orthodox Christian | 29% | 27% | 7% | 34% | 3% | 137 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 65% | 13% | 5% | 14% | 3% | 5,788 |
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