Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist16%84%101
Catholic26%74%3,854
Evangelical Protestant31%69%5,826
Historically Black Protestant28%72%453
Jewish26%74%336
Mainline Protestant25%75%3,676
Mormon45%55%522
Orthodox Christian27%73%120
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%75%3,528
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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