Views about size of government among Mainline Protestants by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among Mainline Protestants by views about size of government

% of Mainline Protestants who would rather have…

Educational distributionSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
High school or less55%37%3%5%1,536
Some college62%31%4%3%1,567
College64%29%3%3%1,673
Post-graduate degree54%38%5%3%1,269
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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