Views about government aid to the poor among non-parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among non-parents by views about government aid to the poor

% of non-parents who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist18%76%4%2%217
Catholic47%48%4%2%5,411
Evangelical Protestant55%38%4%2%6,385
Hindu29%61%8%2%115
Historically Black Protestant26%68%4%3%1,421
Jehovah's Witness28%61%5%5%182
Jewish30%64%4%2%661
Mainline Protestant47%46%4%3%4,844
Mormon61%34%3%2%419
Muslim31%63%3%4%147
Orthodox Christian47%49%4%< 1%137
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")35%59%4%2%5,788
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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