Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA25%75%231
Assemblies of God36%64%297
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints45%55%505
Churches of Christ33%67%304
Episcopal Church17%83%272
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)26%74%403
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)30%70%574
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)32%68%121
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod23%77%341
National Baptist Convention25%75%109
Nondenominational charismatic36%64%126
Nondenominational evangelical38%62%553
Nothing in particular (religion important)27%73%980
Nothing in particular (religion not important)25%75%1,457
Presbyterian Church (USA)17%83%249
Presbyterian Church in America20%80%111
Southern Baptist Convention26%74%1,331
United Church of Christ21%79%107
United Methodist Church25%75%1,114
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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