Immigrant status among Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by immigrant status

% of Mainline Protestants who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

Religious familyImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)4%4%93%299
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)5%7%88%143
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)9%8%83%312
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)3%8%89%458
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)3%4%93%816
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)10%10%80%184
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)14%13%74%368
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)12%5%83%306
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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