Parent of children under 18 among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by parental status

% of who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic30%70%2,189
Evangelical Protestant31%69%5,278
Historically Black Protestant30%70%924
Jehovah's Witness28%72%193
Jewish37%63%126
Mainline Protestant26%74%1,821
Mormon43%57%425
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")34%66%437
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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