Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who attend services weekly or more by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic47%8%35%7%3%3,092
Evangelical Protestant75%3%18%2%2%5,177
Historically Black Protestant57%5%33%3%2%1,070
Jehovah's Witness82%1%10%2%5%207
Jewish47%8%35%7%3%148
Mainline Protestant51%8%35%3%3%2,192
Mormon76%2%15%3%3%514
Muslim49%6%32%9%5%105
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")41%12%39%4%4%284
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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