Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong

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

Religious traditionThere are clear standards for what is right and wrongRight or wrong depends on the situationNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist23%77%< 1%< 1%134
Catholic23%74%1%2%2,884
Evangelical Protestant32%65%1%2%2,210
Hindu20%80%< 1%< 1%103
Historically Black Protestant26%72%1%1%1,326
Jehovah's Witness52%47%< 1%1%109
Jewish15%84%1%1%442
Mainline Protestant21%77%1%1%1,908
Mormon31%67%2%< 1%119
Muslim18%81%1%< 1%163
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")17%81%< 1%1%3,419
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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