Sources of guidance on right and wrong among non-parents by state (2014) Switch to: State among non-parents by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of non-parents who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 50% | 5% | 38% | 4% | 2% | 382 |
Alaska | 29% | 9% | 43% | 12% | 6% | 232 |
Arizona | 33% | 9% | 44% | 9% | 4% | 509 |
Arkansas | 53% | 7% | 33% | 6% | 1% | 218 |
California | 27% | 14% | 44% | 12% | 3% | 2,813 |
Colorado | 30% | 18% | 40% | 10% | 3% | 352 |
Connecticut | 20% | 12% | 53% | 13% | 2% | 290 |
Delaware | 26% | 10% | 56% | 5% | 3% | 218 |
District of Columbia | 23% | 16% | 43% | 14% | 4% | 233 |
Florida | 31% | 11% | 48% | 8% | 2% | 1,578 |
Georgia | 42% | 10% | 38% | 7% | 3% | 716 |
Hawaii | 22% | 14% | 56% | 5% | 2% | 245 |
Idaho | 34% | 9% | 48% | 8% | 1% | 234 |
Illinois | 27% | 12% | 48% | 10% | 3% | 1,024 |
Indiana | 36% | 8% | 44% | 10% | 3% | 500 |
Iowa | 32% | 12% | 47% | 5% | 3% | 250 |
Kansas | 33% | 11% | 46% | 8% | 2% | 217 |
Kentucky | 38% | 10% | 46% | 5% | 1% | 332 |
Louisiana | 40% | 10% | 42% | 5% | 2% | 335 |
Maine | 16% | 12% | 58% | 11% | 2% | 239 |
Maryland | 34% | 9% | 43% | 11% | 2% | 485 |
Massachusetts | 14% | 12% | 57% | 14% | 2% | 538 |
Michigan | 32% | 8% | 49% | 7% | 3% | 758 |
Minnesota | 24% | 12% | 51% | 10% | 3% | 423 |
Mississippi | 50% | 7% | 35% | 7% | 1% | 226 |
Missouri | 37% | 12% | 40% | 7% | 4% | 470 |
Montana | 27% | 13% | 50% | 7% | 3% | 239 |
Nebraska | 35% | 12% | 46% | 6% | 2% | 226 |
Nevada | 26% | 10% | 52% | 9% | 2% | 249 |
New Hampshire | 15% | 13% | 58% | 12% | 3% | 246 |
New Jersey | 27% | 10% | 51% | 9% | 2% | 657 |
New Mexico | 38% | 10% | 37% | 9% | 6% | 250 |
New York | 23% | 15% | 50% | 9% | 3% | 1,558 |
North Carolina | 41% | 10% | 40% | 8% | 2% | 790 |
North Dakota | 31% | 8% | 48% | 11% | 2% | 263 |
Ohio | 31% | 10% | 47% | 8% | 3% | 855 |
Oklahoma | 39% | 9% | 43% | 7% | 2% | 311 |
Oregon | 27% | 14% | 44% | 12% | 2% | 323 |
Pennsylvania | 34% | 8% | 45% | 11% | 2% | 1,070 |
Rhode Island | 22% | 9% | 53% | 11% | 5% | 251 |
South Carolina | 45% | 9% | 37% | 6% | 4% | 377 |
South Dakota | 34% | 11% | 46% | 7% | 1% | 234 |
Tennessee | 47% | 8% | 40% | 4% | 2% | 504 |
Texas | 40% | 10% | 39% | 9% | 2% | 1,767 |
Utah | 38% | 10% | 40% | 9% | 3% | 215 |
Vermont | 16% | 15% | 55% | 12% | 3% | 237 |
Virginia | 37% | 10% | 43% | 8% | 3% | 650 |
Washington | 25% | 15% | 47% | 11% | 2% | 555 |
West Virginia | 52% | 5% | 38% | 3% | 2% | 242 |
Wisconsin | 32% | 12% | 44% | 10% | 3% | 452 |
Wyoming | 38% | 11% | 40% | 6% | 6% | 229 |
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