Sources of guidance on 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 sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Buddhist12%27%45%14%2%134
Catholic30%9%46%14%2%2,884
Evangelical Protestant52%7%34%5%2%2,210
Hindu9%23%44%25%< 1%103
Historically Black Protestant46%5%42%4%2%1,326
Jehovah's Witness83%1%11%3%2%109
Jewish17%17%45%19%2%442
Mainline Protestant27%13%50%8%2%1,908
Mormon48%7%28%13%4%119
Muslim39%8%36%14%3%163
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")8%19%53%19%2%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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