Educational distribution among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition 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…

Religious traditionHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Buddhist19%35%25%20%194
Catholic49%25%15%11%3,383
Evangelical Protestant46%35%12%7%3,048
Hindu5%8%32%54%114
Historically Black Protestant52%32%9%6%1,277
Jehovah's Witness65%27%6%2%139
Jewish17%19%30%34%564
Mainline Protestant34%28%20%18%2,870
Mormon30%40%20%10%207
Muslim32%28%24%17%146
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")34%31%21%14%4,557
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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