Marital status among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by marital status

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

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic54%7%12%10%17%2,194
Evangelical Protestant61%3%13%7%16%5,278
Historically Black Protestant31%5%21%9%34%926
Jehovah's Witness56%4%11%7%21%193
Jewish70%3%4%7%17%126
Mainline Protestant59%3%12%10%15%1,817
Mormon71%1%5%4%18%426
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%10%16%4%32%435
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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