Views about government aid to the poor among the Unaffiliated who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among the Unaffiliated who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by views about government aid to the poor

% of the Unaffiliated who would rather have smaller government; fewer services who say government aid to the poor…

Religious familyDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Agnostic47%46%5%3%687
Atheist46%50%4%1%408
Nothing in particular56%39%4%2%2,446
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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