Parent of children under 18 among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who say philosophy/reason is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by parental status

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

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic31%69%737
Evangelical Protestant31%69%408
Historically Black Protestant27%73%111
Jewish30%70%144
Mainline Protestant28%72%645
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%79%1,392
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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