Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Buddhist2%30%46%15%6%102
Catholic31%10%50%7%2%3,868
Evangelical Protestant64%4%28%2%2%5,851
Historically Black Protestant48%7%40%4%1%454
Jewish17%16%57%8%2%336
Mainline Protestant31%9%52%5%2%3,687
Mormon70%3%23%2%3%524
Orthodox Christian28%15%46%7%4%120
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")6%16%62%15%2%3,541
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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