Marital status among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by state (2014) Switch to: State among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by marital status

% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who are…

StateMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Alabama51%5%18%4%22%180
Alaska51%13%6%2%28%144
Arizona42%9%19%4%26%285
Arkansas41%9%20%11%20%114
California43%11%12%6%28%1,590
Colorado59%12%8%3%18%209
Connecticut45%6%14%4%31%194
Delaware53%13%8%8%18%141
District of Columbia25%14%8%8%46%116
Florida42%9%15%7%26%928
Georgia43%7%18%6%25%358
Hawaii42%14%13%8%24%156
Idaho59%8%17%6%11%150
Illinois46%8%12%5%29%591
Indiana49%8%12%9%22%282
Iowa52%9%12%8%20%148
Kansas47%9%15%6%23%139
Kentucky44%2%15%10%29%174
Louisiana38%12%17%8%25%172
Maine54%11%16%5%14%166
Maryland43%8%10%7%32%282
Massachusetts39%10%13%8%29%364
Michigan43%12%14%7%24%446
Minnesota49%6%9%6%30%261
Missouri44%11%15%9%22%266
Montana59%9%8%8%16%138
Nebraska50%4%14%5%26%133
Nevada41%15%13%8%24%162
New Hampshire47%13%14%5%20%168
New Jersey49%8%10%7%26%417
New Mexico41%9%14%6%30%115
New York43%9%10%7%31%931
North Carolina44%7%14%5%30%391
North Dakota48%5%12%7%28%159
Ohio45%9%11%7%27%526
Oklahoma48%11%16%6%20%163
Oregon51%5%15%9%21%185
Pennsylvania47%9%10%8%26%587
Rhode Island42%13%15%8%22%156
South Carolina43%13%14%9%21%175
South Dakota51%14%10%7%17%139
Tennessee46%12%12%4%26%230
Texas48%8%14%5%25%948
Utah44%18%13%7%17%119
Vermont60%9%11%4%16%161
Virginia45%8%13%7%27%349
Washington45%11%15%7%23%308
West Virginia46%13%21%5%14%124
Wisconsin60%4%13%5%18%266
Wyoming59%9%11%3%18%125
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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