Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who say religion is very important who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic46%48%4%2%4,220
Evangelical Protestant57%37%4%2%6,904
Historically Black Protestant27%67%4%2%1,641
Jehovah's Witness29%61%6%4%224
Jewish38%55%2%5%279
Mainline Protestant48%45%5%3%3,317
Mormon68%27%3%2%559
Muslim28%66%4%2%154
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")37%56%4%3%826
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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