Importance of religion in one's life 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 importance of religion

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who say religion is…

Religious traditionVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample size
Buddhist34%33%16%14%3%134
Catholic59%31%7%2%< 1%2,884
Evangelical Protestant77%20%2%1%< 1%2,210
Hindu28%54%13%5%< 1%103
Historically Black Protestant87%12%1%< 1%< 1%1,326
Jehovah's Witness91%8%< 1%< 1%1%109
Jewish34%37%19%10%< 1%442
Mainline Protestant53%34%10%2%< 1%1,908
Mormon73%20%4%3%< 1%119
Muslim69%21%7%2%1%163
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")15%21%25%39%1%3,419
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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