Views about environmental regulation among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by views about environmental protection

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services 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 USA35%63%< 1%2%207
Assemblies of God31%64%< 1%5%130
Church of God in Christ36%54%2%9%108
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints25%72%3%1%113
Churches of Christ36%61%2%1%161
Episcopal Church7%92%1%< 1%179
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)15%84%< 1%1%187
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)40%60%< 1%1%206
National Baptist Convention30%65%3%2%330
Nondenominational evangelical23%72%2%3%103
Nothing in particular (religion important)31%61%3%5%890
Nothing in particular (religion not important)19%79%1%2%1,260
Presbyterian Church (USA)23%77%< 1%< 1%146
Southern Baptist Convention33%63%1%3%405
Unitarian2%96%< 1%2%110
United Methodist Church20%77%2%1%412
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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