Age distribution among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by age group

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are ages…

Religious tradition18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Buddhist36%31%23%11%193
Catholic19%34%28%19%3,345
Evangelical Protestant21%32%29%18%3,003
Hindu32%58%5%4%112
Historically Black Protestant19%36%30%15%1,253
Jehovah's Witness16%31%32%21%135
Jewish22%27%25%26%556
Mainline Protestant17%28%28%26%2,827
Mormon22%38%23%18%202
Muslim48%40%10%1%145
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")35%36%20%9%4,504
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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