Generational cohort among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by generational group

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who are…

Religious traditionYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Buddhist26%15%23%30%6%< 1%131
Catholic14%15%30%30%10%1%2,839
Evangelical Protestant15%16%27%31%10%1%2,175
Hindu16%36%43%4%1%< 1%101
Historically Black Protestant13%13%29%34%9%1%1,295
Jehovah's Witness11%12%31%34%12%< 1%106
Jewish16%14%21%32%14%3%436
Mainline Protestant16%12%24%34%13%1%1,868
Mormon22%18%27%26%6%< 1%115
Muslim30%22%31%12%5%< 1%162
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%23%28%20%5%< 1%3,369
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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