Views about government aid to the poor among married adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among married adults by views about government aid to the poor

% of married adults who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist31%62%4%2%103
Catholic50%44%3%2%3,810
Evangelical Protestant63%32%3%2%4,853
Hindu32%60%6%2%131
Historically Black Protestant28%65%5%2%626
Jehovah's Witness31%60%5%4%124
Jewish30%65%3%2%498
Mainline Protestant52%42%4%1%3,444
Mormon68%28%2%2%454
Muslim35%57%5%3%110
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")39%56%4%2%3,150
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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