Views about government aid to the poor among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by views about government aid to the poor

% of Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never who say government aid to the poor…

Religious familyDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)44%49%5%2%316
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)41%57%2%< 1%170
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)45%50%4%1%424
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)48%45%4%2%551
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)53%43%3%2%934
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)53%41%4%2%251
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)45%48%4%3%499
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)47%49%2%2%403
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