Religious tradition among adults ages 65 and older by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among adults ages 65 and older by religious group
% of adults ages 65 and older who are…
Views about size of government | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Smaller government; fewer services | < 1% | 23% | 34% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 24% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | 5,478 |
Bigger government; more services | 1% | 26% | 20% | < 1% | 11% | 1% | 4% | 18% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 14% | 1% | 2,960 |
Depends | 1% | 18% | 20% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 28% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 17% | < 1% | 374 |
Don't know | 1% | 22% | 27% | < 1% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 22% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 15% | 1% | 515 |
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