Parent of children under 18 among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by parental status

% of Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services who are…

Religious familyParentsNon-parentsSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)25%75%310
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)27%73%132
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)18%82%363
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)29%71%557
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)25%75%1,183
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)31%69%223
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)28%72%375
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)20%80%411
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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