Educational distribution among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by state (2014) Switch to: State among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by educational group

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

StateHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
California28%35%21%16%518
Florida35%30%18%16%226
Illinois26%30%21%23%160
New Jersey26%26%22%27%105
New York26%29%25%19%273
Pennsylvania25%25%32%17%128
Texas32%31%22%15%251
Virginia21%26%29%24%107
Washington29%29%26%16%105
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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