Marital status among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by marital status

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good who are…

Metro areaMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Atlanta Metro Area57%4%10%6%24%233
Baltimore Metro Area52%1%9%10%27%102
Boston Metro Area38%8%13%12%29%179
Chicago Metro Area52%8%13%4%23%334
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area52%7%14%5%23%317
Detroit Metro Area49%13%10%6%23%161
Houston Metro Area52%5%13%6%24%246
Los Angeles Metro Area48%11%10%5%26%395
Miami Metro Area46%6%12%10%25%187
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area55%3%12%10%20%128
New York City Metro Area47%7%10%5%31%636
Philadelphia Metro Area48%5%9%5%33%272
Phoenix Metro Area52%10%11%5%22%209
Pittsburgh Metro Area52%7%22%8%12%118
Providence Metro Area43%8%14%5%29%137
Riverside, CA Metro Area56%4%6%7%26%163
San Diego Metro Area51%4%12%6%27%135
San Francisco Metro Area39%8%13%5%35%111
Seattle Metro Area50%7%14%6%24%109
St. Louis Metro Area43%12%9%7%29%117
Tampa Metro Area40%8%15%10%26%144
Washington, DC Metro Area47%6%8%6%32%289
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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