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

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

Religious traditionYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Catholic11%10%28%35%14%1%3,329
Evangelical Protestant9%11%29%35%14%1%4,901
Historically Black Protestant13%17%29%30%9%1%494
Jewish14%12%24%38%10%2%220
Mainline Protestant10%10%26%36%17%1%2,764
Mormon14%18%32%26%9%1%412
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")22%22%30%21%5%< 1%2,528
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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