Educational distribution among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by educational group

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who have completed…

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area40%27%16%18%237
Baltimore Metro Area40%21%22%17%132
Boston Metro Area24%26%28%21%292
Chicago Metro Area39%26%21%14%484
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area45%28%17%11%296
Detroit Metro Area40%33%17%10%185
Houston Metro Area42%29%16%13%238
Los Angeles Metro Area40%32%16%12%600
Miami Metro Area48%26%14%11%261
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area26%31%26%18%196
New York City Metro Area38%27%21%15%1,016
Philadelphia Metro Area37%29%16%17%408
Phoenix Metro Area36%35%15%14%166
Pittsburgh Metro Area41%30%19%10%119
Providence Metro Area43%25%19%13%193
Riverside, CA Metro Area48%36%10%6%188
San Diego Metro Area39%31%18%12%168
San Francisco Metro Area25%28%23%25%337
Seattle Metro Area26%32%24%19%207
St. Louis Metro Area38%32%15%15%138
Tampa Metro Area47%29%12%12%159
Washington, DC Metro Area26%22%24%28%574
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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