Educational distribution among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by educational group

% of who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who have completed…

Frequency of reading scriptureHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
At least once a week42%33%16%9%7,775
Once or twice a month43%32%15%10%1,234
Several times a year39%36%16%10%699
Seldom/never53%27%12%8%1,880
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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