Racial and ethnic composition among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by race/ethnicity

% of Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good who identify as…

Religious familyWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.)89%3%< 1%4%4%1,920
Holiness Family (Evangelical Trad.)93%1%< 1%4%1%158
Lutheran Family (Evangelical Trad.)95%1%1%2%2%382
Nondenominational Family (Evangelical Trad.)79%5%2%9%5%941
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Evangelical Trad.)70%< 1%3%23%4%247
Pentecostal Family (Evangelical Trad.)69%3%1%23%4%564
Presbyterian Family (Evangelical Trad.)82%5%4%5%4%173
Restorationist Family (Evangelical Trad.)80%9%< 1%7%3%264
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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