Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious familyParentsNon-parentsSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)29%71%311
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)26%74%163
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)23%77%345
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)27%73%403
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)21%79%738
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)34%66%174
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)25%75%292
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)24%76%351
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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