Views about environmental regulation among adults with some college education by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with some college education by views about environmental protection

% of adults with some college education who say…

Religious denominationStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA40%55%4%2%126
Assemblies of God49%48%2%2%147
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints55%38%6%1%215
Churches of Christ50%47%1%3%158
Episcopal Church33%62%2%2%103
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)34%62%3%1%179
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)51%45%3%< 1%262
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod42%54%2%1%133
National Baptist Convention26%68%2%4%118
Nondenominational evangelical53%40%5%3%201
Nothing in particular (religion important)31%65%3%2%543
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%69%2%2%787
Southern Baptist Convention50%45%3%2%601
United Methodist Church41%56%3%1%430
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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