Table 1 Percentages of U.S. adults in each group who agree with the statement “Humans have evolved over time” (Pew Research 2009 ; Pew Research 2013 ; Gallop News 2014 )
From: Factors influencing minority student decisions to consider a career in evolutionary biology
Demographic groups | Evolution acceptance |
|---|---|
General Public | 54-60 |
Scientists | 97 |
Gender: | |
Women | 50-55 |
Men | 58-65 |
Age: | |
65 and older | 42-49 |
50-64 | 53-59 |
30-49 | 57-60 |
18-29 | 61-68 |
Level of Education: | |
HS grad or less | 44-51 |
Some college | 56-62 |
College grad | 70-72 |
Religious Affiliation: | |
White evangelical Protestants | 27-29 |
Black Protestants | 44-46 |
Hispanic Catholic | 48-53 |
White Catholic | 66-68 |
White mainline Protestants | 63-78 |
Unaffiliated | 75-76 |
Political affiliation: | |
Republicans | 43-49 |
Democrats | 58-67 |
Independents | 65-67 |
Religious attendance: | |
Weekly or more | 25-35 |
Monthly/yearly | 48-60 |
Seldom/never | 66-70 |