Sources of guidance on right and wrong among nothing in particulars by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among nothing in particulars by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of nothing in particulars who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Marital statusReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Married9%14%61%14%2%2,080
Living with a partner8%15%64%12%2%496
Divorced/separated13%14%60%10%2%666
Widowed11%10%69%7%3%250
Never married9%16%58%14%3%1,468
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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