Views about government aid to the poor among who believe in Hell by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Hell by views about government aid to the poor

% of who believe in Hell who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic49%46%3%2%4,475
Evangelical Protestant57%37%4%2%6,978
Historically Black Protestant28%66%4%2%1,557
Jewish48%46%3%3%144
Mainline Protestant53%41%4%2%3,327
Mormon67%28%4%1%381
Muslim32%60%4%4%173
Orthodox Christian56%42%2%< 1%101
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")43%51%4%2%1,699
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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