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

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

Religious family18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Agnostic38%36%17%9%981
Atheist41%36%14%9%816
Nothing in particular32%37%22%9%2,707
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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