Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by race/ethnicity

% of adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Buddhist46%2%32%12%7%211
Catholic56%3%3%36%2%4,577
Evangelical Protestant71%7%2%14%6%3,773
Hindu1%3%93%1%2%157
Historically Black Protestant1%94%< 1%4%1%1,289
Jewish89%2%2%4%2%627
Mainline Protestant85%4%1%6%4%3,858
Mormon78%2%3%10%7%265
Muslim36%29%27%4%3%173
Orthodox Christian74%11%4%9%2%112
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")68%9%6%13%4%5,787
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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