Educational distribution among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by educational group

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who have completed…

Religious traditionHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Buddhist23%34%22%21%101
Catholic35%31%21%13%3,853
Evangelical Protestant39%37%17%8%5,818
Historically Black Protestant46%38%11%5%453
Jewish16%24%29%31%336
Mainline Protestant34%32%21%13%3,664
Mormon22%42%25%11%524
Orthodox Christian24%28%28%20%120
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%36%17%9%3,529
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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