Age distribution among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by age group

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who are ages…

Religious tradition18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Catholic13%30%28%30%1,655
Evangelical Protestant12%31%32%24%4,832
Historically Black Protestant13%36%31%19%767
Jehovah's Witness15%34%26%25%181
Mainline Protestant10%24%32%34%1,513
Mormon23%37%22%18%380
Muslim44%38%9%9%106
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")19%41%26%14%830
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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