Educational distribution among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by educational group

% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain who have completed…

Views about size of governmentHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Smaller government; fewer services35%33%19%13%3,495
Bigger government; more services50%25%14%11%2,835
Depends37%36%14%13%198
Don't know37%36%19%8%232
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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