Educational distribution among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by educational group

% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong who have completed…

Generational cohortHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Younger Millennial45%44%10%1%708
Older Millennial31%38%21%10%1,148
Generation X36%33%20%12%2,563
Baby Boomer38%32%18%11%5,088
Silent48%29%13%11%2,213
Greatest57%26%10%7%175
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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