Age distribution among Mainline Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by age group

% of Mainline Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are ages…

Religious family18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)23%27%31%19%304
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)6%26%37%31%162
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)11%28%30%31%341
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)17%27%28%28%393
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)9%29%28%33%730
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)31%39%20%10%172
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)33%28%23%16%284
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)9%25%31%34%341
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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