Attendance at religious services among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious attendance

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

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a month/a few times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA41%44%14%< 1%206
Assemblies of God71%21%8%< 1%259
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints82%11%7%1%407
Churches of Christ55%32%13%< 1%249
Episcopal Church23%55%22%< 1%187
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)31%53%16%< 1%292
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)51%35%14%< 1%501
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)61%31%8%< 1%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod49%39%12%< 1%289
National Baptist Convention52%40%8%< 1%111
Nondenominational charismatic67%22%10%< 1%109
Nondenominational evangelical72%21%7%< 1%443
Nothing in particular (religion important)11%40%49%1%851
Nothing in particular (religion not important)1%18%81%< 1%1,083
Presbyterian Church (USA)44%43%13%< 1%166
Southern Baptist Convention59%29%12%1%1,190
United Methodist Church44%41%14%< 1%870
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