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

% of adults who say that stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic59%36%3%2%2,856
Evangelical Protestant70%26%3%1%4,340
Historically Black Protestant31%66%2%2%640
Jewish66%29%3%3%196
Mainline Protestant68%27%3%2%2,306
Mormon77%20%3%1%363
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")57%39%3%1%1,908
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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