Educational distribution among the Unaffiliated by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among the Unaffiliated by educational group

% of the Unaffiliated who have completed…

Sources of guidance on right and wrongHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Religion62%26%8%4%438
Philosophy/reason27%35%23%16%1,393
Common sense42%33%16%9%4,135
Science30%28%25%17%1,386
Don't know37%35%16%12%180
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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