Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say humans evolved due to God's design by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say humans evolved due to God's design by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who say humans evolved due to God's design who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic34%10%47%7%2%2,402
Evangelical Protestant49%8%38%3%2%2,111
Historically Black Protestant45%6%44%3%2%595
Jewish33%15%44%3%5%126
Mainline Protestant30%10%52%6%2%1,925
Mormon61%5%28%2%4%192
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")14%16%59%9%2%944
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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