Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who seldom or never meditate by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who seldom or never meditate by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who seldom or never meditate who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 36% | 5% | 54% | 1% | 4% | 187 |
Alaska | 26% | 6% | 53% | 14% | 2% | 147 |
Arizona | 22% | 8% | 54% | 15% | 1% | 267 |
Arkansas | 42% | 6% | 44% | 6% | 1% | 145 |
California | 20% | 13% | 51% | 13% | 2% | 1,565 |
Colorado | 19% | 10% | 57% | 11% | 3% | 229 |
Connecticut | 15% | 10% | 61% | 13% | 1% | 167 |
Delaware | 23% | 7% | 60% | 6% | 3% | 148 |
District of Columbia | 10% | 21% | 52% | 15% | 2% | 132 |
Florida | 23% | 10% | 56% | 9% | 2% | 851 |
Georgia | 35% | 9% | 47% | 8% | 1% | 384 |
Hawaii | 15% | 17% | 56% | 11% | 1% | 127 |
Idaho | 23% | 6% | 65% | 6% | < 1% | 129 |
Illinois | 18% | 14% | 52% | 14% | 2% | 575 |
Indiana | 27% | 8% | 50% | 12% | 3% | 310 |
Iowa | 27% | 11% | 55% | 5% | 2% | 178 |
Kansas | 29% | 10% | 55% | 6% | 1% | 139 |
Kentucky | 32% | 9% | 52% | 6% | 2% | 193 |
Louisiana | 36% | 8% | 48% | 6% | 2% | 188 |
Maine | 15% | 14% | 63% | 7% | 1% | 152 |
Maryland | 23% | 8% | 55% | 12% | 2% | 272 |
Massachusetts | 8% | 11% | 58% | 20% | 2% | 355 |
Michigan | 25% | 8% | 54% | 11% | 2% | 454 |
Minnesota | 23% | 9% | 55% | 10% | 2% | 264 |
Mississippi | 46% | 5% | 36% | 10% | 2% | 107 |
Missouri | 33% | 9% | 49% | 6% | 3% | 302 |
Montana | 19% | 9% | 62% | 8% | 3% | 154 |
Nebraska | 31% | 5% | 55% | 9% | 1% | 136 |
Nevada | 13% | 12% | 59% | 12% | 4% | 134 |
New Hampshire | 14% | 10% | 61% | 12% | 3% | 140 |
New Jersey | 20% | 9% | 58% | 10% | 2% | 421 |
New Mexico | 29% | 8% | 47% | 13% | 3% | 118 |
New York | 18% | 12% | 55% | 12% | 3% | 873 |
North Carolina | 30% | 11% | 48% | 9% | 2% | 386 |
North Dakota | 21% | 8% | 59% | 9% | 3% | 181 |
Ohio | 24% | 9% | 58% | 8% | 1% | 481 |
Oklahoma | 32% | 8% | 52% | 7% | 1% | 147 |
Oregon | 22% | 14% | 53% | 11% | 1% | 180 |
Pennsylvania | 24% | 7% | 55% | 13% | 1% | 602 |
Rhode Island | 14% | 9% | 58% | 17% | 3% | 133 |
South Carolina | 36% | 8% | 47% | 8% | 1% | 188 |
South Dakota | 29% | 9% | 54% | 7% | 1% | 143 |
Tennessee | 36% | 7% | 51% | 5% | 1% | 243 |
Texas | 31% | 9% | 47% | 11% | 2% | 993 |
Utah | 35% | 8% | 49% | 7% | 1% | 106 |
Vermont | 11% | 13% | 59% | 14% | 2% | 164 |
Virginia | 30% | 12% | 47% | 7% | 4% | 358 |
Washington | 23% | 10% | 51% | 15% | 1% | 322 |
West Virginia | 42% | 7% | 49% | 2% | < 1% | 143 |
Wisconsin | 25% | 9% | 55% | 10% | 1% | 319 |
Wyoming | 28% | 12% | 49% | 7% | 4% | 140 |
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