Marital status 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 marital status

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

Metro areaMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Atlanta Metro Area44%5%14%4%34%300
Baltimore Metro Area44%7%10%4%35%151
Boston Metro Area43%11%10%4%32%337
Chicago Metro Area45%8%12%5%30%536
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area41%11%15%6%27%395
Detroit Metro Area41%12%18%3%25%214
Houston Metro Area46%6%15%4%29%301
Los Angeles Metro Area41%11%11%3%34%663
Miami Metro Area46%5%12%6%31%302
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area43%6%11%7%33%225
New York City Metro Area43%8%11%5%33%1,172
Philadelphia Metro Area43%7%11%7%32%464
Phoenix Metro Area47%8%15%3%26%218
Pittsburgh Metro Area34%10%21%7%28%132
Providence Metro Area43%11%15%10%20%232
Riverside, CA Metro Area43%11%8%10%27%210
San Diego Metro Area48%5%18%3%26%173
San Francisco Metro Area44%10%10%6%30%355
Seattle Metro Area46%14%10%5%25%238
St. Louis Metro Area41%14%16%4%25%160
Tampa Metro Area40%11%13%6%30%190
Washington, DC Metro Area43%8%13%5%30%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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