Views about government aid to the poor among Evangelical Protestants who meditate at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who meditate at least once a week by views about government aid to the poor

% of Evangelical Protestants who meditate at least once a week who say government aid to the poor…

Religious denominationDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God50%45%2%3%285
Churches of Christ56%39%3%2%223
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)56%34%6%4%362
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)42%51%6%< 1%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod62%34%2%3%211
Nondenominational charismatic58%34%6%2%114
Nondenominational evangelical65%30%4%1%354
Seventh-day Adventist32%63%3%2%106
Southern Baptist Convention59%37%2%2%932
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.

Learn More: Does more harm than good, Does more good than harm