Educational distribution among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by educational group

% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area41%28%18%13%183
Baltimore Metro Area43%28%21%8%124
Boston Metro Area40%27%18%15%262
Chicago Metro Area39%32%21%8%399
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area46%33%13%8%246
Detroit Metro Area46%30%14%10%182
Houston Metro Area46%28%15%11%196
Los Angeles Metro Area43%31%17%8%434
Miami Metro Area44%31%15%9%216
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area36%34%21%9%154
New York City Metro Area40%26%18%16%833
Philadelphia Metro Area40%30%18%12%328
Phoenix Metro Area36%39%15%9%178
Pittsburgh Metro Area47%36%14%3%112
Providence Metro Area46%30%14%10%179
Riverside, CA Metro Area46%37%12%5%160
San Diego Metro Area36%35%19%10%122
San Francisco Metro Area33%29%22%16%223
Seattle Metro Area37%38%18%7%142
St. Louis Metro Area38%33%20%9%125
Tampa Metro Area47%31%11%10%146
Washington, DC Metro Area31%27%25%17%365
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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