Views about size of government among Mainline Protestants who are third generation or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who are third generation or higher by views about size of government

% of Mainline Protestants who are third generation or higher who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA46%50%1%3%405
Episcopal Church57%35%4%5%424
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)63%30%4%2%575
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)54%39%4%3%116
Presbyterian Church (USA)61%32%2%5%377
United Church of Christ49%44%5%3%195
United Methodist Church68%26%3%3%1,504
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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