Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist23%21%55%195
Catholic31%15%54%3,370
Evangelical Protestant12%8%80%3,018
Hindu91%6%3%112
Historically Black Protestant6%3%91%1,254
Jehovah's Witness22%7%71%141
Jewish8%22%70%565
Mainline Protestant8%7%85%2,850
Mormon9%10%81%205
Muslim66%15%19%142
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")13%13%74%4,499
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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