Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by sources of guidance on right and wrong

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

Educational distributionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
High school or less34%8%46%10%2%4,745
Some college30%13%45%10%2%3,118
College20%19%44%16%2%2,982
Post-graduate degree20%20%37%20%2%2,415
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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