Views about size of government among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by views about size of government

% of Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God77%16%2%5%259
Churches of Christ77%19%1%3%249
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)79%18%2%1%501
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)83%13%3%< 1%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod88%11%1%1%289
Nondenominational charismatic74%17%3%5%109
Nondenominational evangelical91%7%< 1%2%443
Southern Baptist Convention83%14%1%2%1,190
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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