Age distribution among Mainline Protestants who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who read scripture at least once a week by age group

% of Mainline Protestants who read scripture at least once a week who are ages…

Religious denomination18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA17%30%32%21%231
Episcopal Church5%30%25%40%112
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)3%19%33%45%183
Presbyterian Church (USA)3%23%29%46%161
United Methodist Church9%26%31%34%632
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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