Immigrant status among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by immigrant status

% of who strongly favor or favor gay marriage who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist23%19%57%230
Catholic26%16%58%3,974
Evangelical Protestant8%9%83%2,200
Hindu86%11%3%124
Historically Black Protestant5%5%89%726
Jewish9%20%71%686
Mainline Protestant6%8%86%3,435
Mormon13%9%78%153
Muslim58%24%18%103
Orthodox Christian32%26%42%104
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")12%13%75%5,921
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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