Sources of guidance on right and wrong among the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious familyReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Agnostic1%20%63%16%1%403
Atheist1%17%54%28%< 1%229
Nothing in particular10%12%66%12%1%1,934
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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