Belief in God among 50-64 year olds by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among 50-64 year olds by belief in God
% of 50-64 year olds who say they…
Sources of guidance on right and wrong | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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Religion | 90% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3,781 |
Philosophy/reason | 48% | 27% | 8% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 1,041 |
Common sense | 60% | 24% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 4,374 |
Science | 38% | 31% | 9% | 1% | 18% | 4% | 807 |
Don't know | 65% | 19% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 293 |
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