Educational distribution among adults in the Northeast by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among adults in the Northeast by educational group

% of adults in the Northeast who have completed…

Views about size of governmentHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Smaller government; fewer services38%29%19%14%3,273
Bigger government; more services43%26%18%13%2,707
Depends33%31%19%18%225
Don't know45%28%16%12%270
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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