Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist15%78%5%2%205
Catholic38%58%3%1%3,965
Evangelical Protestant43%52%4%2%3,704
Hindu30%61%8%1%134
Historically Black Protestant26%68%4%1%1,156
Jehovah's Witness30%63%4%2%137
Jewish17%79%3%1%624
Mainline Protestant35%59%4%2%3,444
Mormon50%45%4%1%263
Muslim29%64%6%2%155
Orthodox Christian39%59%2%< 1%110
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")28%67%3%2%5,281
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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