Table 2.2 offers a profile of adherence rates by colony and region. The rates have been rounded to the nearest whole number because the use of even one decimal place would give an unwarranted impression of precision. There is substantial variation, from as low as 7 percent in Georgia and 9 percent in Vermont and North Carolina, up to 26 percent in New Jersey, 24 percent in Pennsylvania, and 22 percent in Massachusetts. The rates for New England (20 percent) and for the Middle Colonies (19 percent) are essentially the same, but the rate for the Southern Colonies (12 percent) is substantially
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