Gender composition 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 gender

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

Religious traditionMenWomenSample size
Buddhist69%31%102
Catholic51%49%3,868
Evangelical Protestant52%48%5,851
Historically Black Protestant50%50%454
Jewish60%40%336
Mainline Protestant52%48%3,687
Mormon48%52%524
Orthodox Christian64%36%120
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")65%35%3,541
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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