Views about government aid to the poor among Evangelical Protestants who identify as white by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who identify as white by views about government aid to the poor
% of Evangelical Protestants who identify as white who say government aid to the poor…
| Religious denomination | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemblies of God | 61% | 34% | 2% | 2% | 321 |
| Churches of Christ | 55% | 40% | 4% | 1% | 355 |
| Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 35% | 4% | 2% | 713 |
| Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 61% | 36% | 2% | < 1% | 124 |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 62% | 35% | 2% | 1% | 426 |
| Nondenominational charismatic | 74% | 21% | 4% | 2% | 118 |
| Nondenominational evangelical | 69% | 25% | 5% | 1% | 532 |
| Presbyterian Church in America | 62% | 34% | 3% | 1% | 129 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 65% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 1,553 |
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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