Educational distribution among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by educational group

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area38%32%17%14%298
Baltimore Metro Area38%24%20%18%151
Boston Metro Area24%27%28%22%337
Chicago Metro Area35%28%22%15%537
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area37%33%20%10%396
Detroit Metro Area35%32%19%13%214
Houston Metro Area40%31%17%12%301
Los Angeles Metro Area39%30%18%13%661
Miami Metro Area40%31%17%13%299
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area25%33%27%15%225
New York City Metro Area35%25%21%19%1,173
Philadelphia Metro Area31%30%20%19%464
Phoenix Metro Area33%38%16%13%218
Pittsburgh Metro Area37%27%24%11%133
Providence Metro Area41%23%21%15%231
Riverside, CA Metro Area51%31%12%6%210
San Diego Metro Area27%34%23%16%172
San Francisco Metro Area24%25%26%26%358
Seattle Metro Area27%33%23%17%238
St. Louis Metro Area36%33%17%13%160
Tampa Metro Area45%28%14%12%187
Washington, DC Metro Area28%22%24%26%649
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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