Educational distribution among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by educational group

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

Metro areaHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Atlanta Metro Area38%30%20%12%235
Baltimore Metro Area33%41%15%11%102
Boston Metro Area44%26%17%13%181
Chicago Metro Area40%33%18%9%333
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area35%34%23%9%317
Detroit Metro Area38%37%14%11%163
Houston Metro Area45%32%16%7%245
Los Angeles Metro Area44%26%21%9%395
Miami Metro Area39%32%18%11%186
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area35%37%23%5%127
New York City Metro Area45%24%16%15%639
Philadelphia Metro Area43%25%18%14%273
Phoenix Metro Area39%38%13%9%209
Pittsburgh Metro Area44%25%21%10%118
Providence Metro Area43%28%19%10%137
Riverside, CA Metro Area49%32%14%5%163
San Diego Metro Area30%36%20%14%135
San Francisco Metro Area40%30%22%8%111
Seattle Metro Area41%37%17%5%109
St. Louis Metro Area41%35%20%5%117
Tampa Metro Area41%34%15%10%142
Washington, DC Metro Area30%30%25%14%291
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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