Racial and ethnic composition among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by race/ethnicity

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who identify as…

Sources of guidance on right and wrongWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Religion37%28%3%27%4%3,641
Philosophy/reason59%12%7%19%3%1,789
Common sense53%18%5%19%4%5,799
Science52%9%8%28%4%1,675
Don't know50%15%3%28%3%306
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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