Views about government aid to the poor among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist16%83%1%< 1%134
Catholic30%65%3%2%2,884
Evangelical Protestant29%66%3%2%2,210
Hindu28%63%7%2%103
Historically Black Protestant22%73%3%2%1,326
Jehovah's Witness32%63%2%3%109
Jewish11%86%1%2%442
Mainline Protestant22%73%3%2%1,908
Mormon29%67%4%< 1%119
Muslim28%69%2%1%163
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")22%75%2%1%3,419
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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