State among adults ages 65 and older by sources of guidance on right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults ages 65 and older by state
% of adults ages 65 and older who are in…
| Sources of guidance on right and wrong | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | Sample size |
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| Religion | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 9% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3,546 |
| Philosophy/reason | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 16% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 10% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 830 |
| Common sense | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 7% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 5% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 6% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 3,922 |
| Science | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 11% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 5% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 687 |
| Don't know | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 19% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 4% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 342 |
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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