Racial and ethnic composition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by race/ethnicity
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who identify as…
Sources of guidance on right and wrong | White | Black | Asian | Latino | Other/Mixed | Sample size |
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Religion | 61% | 17% | 2% | 16% | 3% | 6,082 |
Philosophy/reason | 45% | 21% | 2% | 28% | 3% | 368 |
Common sense | 53% | 24% | 3% | 17% | 3% | 2,689 |
Science | 30% | 17% | 4% | 46% | 3% | 358 |
Don't know | 60% | 14% | < 1% | 19% | 6% | 192 |
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