Income 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 household income

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

Religious traditionLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Buddhist39%19%32%11%170
Catholic44%18%22%16%2,923
Evangelical Protestant47%22%21%10%2,718
Historically Black Protestant56%20%17%7%1,158
Jehovah's Witness52%22%23%3%124
Jewish15%15%25%45%484
Mainline Protestant34%18%26%23%2,510
Mormon42%22%26%10%181
Muslim30%20%31%19%127
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")35%20%23%22%4,161
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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