Marital status among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by marital status

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

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Buddhist33%13%11%1%41%195
Catholic47%10%13%7%23%3,398
Evangelical Protestant46%7%18%9%21%3,053
Hindu62%4%4%1%29%114
Historically Black Protestant30%6%21%8%35%1,281
Jehovah's Witness53%3%15%8%21%141
Jewish56%5%8%5%25%566
Mainline Protestant50%6%14%10%20%2,871
Mormon59%3%9%6%22%208
Muslim37%5%7%< 1%51%146
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")36%12%12%3%38%4,549
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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