Views about environmental regulation among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by views about environmental protection

% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain who say…

Views about human evolutionStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Evolved; due to natural processes27%69%1%2%3,311
Evolved; due to God's design36%61%2%2%1,690
Evolved; don't know how25%62%7%7%414
Always existed in present form46%50%2%3%1,154
Don't know44%30%8%18%223
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