Immigrant status among Christians by views about government aid to the poor (2014) Switch to: Views about government aid to the poor among Christians by immigrant status

% of Christians who are…

Views about government aid to the poorImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Does more harm than good12%8%80%12,245
Does more good than harm17%10%74%11,013
Neither/both equally16%8%76%973
Don't know19%7%74%518
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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