The First Amendment Center, based in Nashville, Tenn., has conducted an annual national survey since 1997 of American attitudes toward the First Amendment.

The “State of the First Amendment: 2014” is the seventeenth survey in this series. This year’s annual survey repeats some of the questions that have been administered since 1997 and includes some new questions as well.

When asked to name the five specific freedoms in the First Amendment:

• 68 percent of Americans can name freedom of speech
• 29 percent can name freedom of religion
• 14 percent mention the freedom of the press
• 7 percent mention the right to assemble
• 1 percent name the right to petition
• 29 percent of those surveyed cannot name any of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
• Those who could name freedom of speech and freedom of religion increased this year from 59 percent to 68 percent and 24 percent to 29 percent
• The knowledge of right to petition and right of assembly decreased from 4 percent to 1 percent, and 11 percent to 7 percent
• The percentage of Americans who can’t name any First Amendment rights dropped from 36 percent to 29 percent

All statistics courtesy of firstamendmentcenter.org