Immigrant status among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by immigrant status

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

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
American Baptist Churches USA5%5%90%229
Assemblies of God10%7%83%294
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints3%6%91%506
Churches of Christ2%5%93%302
Episcopal Church5%9%86%270
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)3%8%89%400
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)2%7%91%573
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)3%7%90%121
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%6%92%342
National Baptist Convention2%< 1%98%108
Nondenominational charismatic3%7%89%124
Nondenominational evangelical6%9%85%551
Nothing in particular (religion important)10%9%80%968
Nothing in particular (religion not important)9%12%79%1,437
Presbyterian Church (USA)5%3%92%249
Presbyterian Church in America4%8%88%112
Southern Baptist Convention2%2%96%1,328
United Church of Christ1%5%94%108
United Methodist Church2%5%93%1,112
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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