Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults with a household income of $100,000 or more by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults with a household income of $100,000 or more by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults with a household income of $100,000 or more who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic26%12%51%9%2%1,454
Evangelical Protestant61%7%28%3%1%1,286
Historically Black Protestant45%6%37%6%6%172
Jewish15%17%48%16%4%341
Mainline Protestant23%13%52%9%3%1,431
Mormon69%6%22%< 1%2%136
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")4%20%53%22%1%1,757
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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