Views about government aid to the poor among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who attend services weekly or more by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic46%47%4%2%3,092
Evangelical Protestant58%36%4%2%5,177
Historically Black Protestant27%67%4%2%1,070
Jehovah's Witness29%61%6%4%207
Jewish38%54%2%6%148
Mainline Protestant47%46%4%2%2,192
Mormon68%27%3%1%514
Muslim27%64%6%2%105
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")39%51%6%4%284
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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