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

% of who say religion 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%32%17%10%215
Chicago Metro Area47%25%17%11%225
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area38%31%23%8%282
Detroit Metro Area37%39%18%6%117
Houston Metro Area43%35%16%6%195
Los Angeles Metro Area46%31%14%9%290
Miami Metro Area50%26%14%10%140
New York City Metro Area47%25%16%11%445
Philadelphia Metro Area43%26%12%19%196
Phoenix Metro Area38%36%13%13%131
Riverside, CA Metro Area50%33%12%5%138
Washington, DC Metro Area39%27%19%15%259
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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