Views about government aid to the poor among adults in the Silent generation by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Silent generation by views about government aid to the poor
% of adults in the Silent generation who say government aid to the poor…
Religious tradition | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Catholic | 49% | 44% | 3% | 4% | 1,361 |
Evangelical Protestant | 59% | 33% | 4% | 4% | 1,611 |
Historically Black Protestant | 25% | 65% | 5% | 6% | 249 |
Jewish | 20% | 72% | 5% | 4% | 195 |
Mainline Protestant | 49% | 45% | 4% | 3% | 1,478 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 36% | 57% | 3% | 4% | 731 |
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