Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say…
Religious denomination | There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | Right or wrong depends on the situation | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 26% | 71% | 2% | 2% | 225 |
Assemblies of God | 42% | 53% | 1% | 3% | 178 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 42% | 56% | 1% | < 1% | 199 |
Churches of Christ | 34% | 64% | 2% | < 1% | 221 |
Episcopal Church | 23% | 75% | 2% | < 1% | 284 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 24% | 73% | 2% | 1% | 311 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 37% | 61% | 2% | < 1% | 278 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 31% | 68% | 1% | < 1% | 148 |
National Baptist Convention | 23% | 76% | 1% | 1% | 320 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 56% | 42% | 1% | 1% | 203 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 23% | 74% | 1% | 2% | 1,038 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 16% | 83% | 1% | 1% | 1,707 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 25% | 72% | 1% | 2% | 238 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 36% | 61% | 2% | 1% | 572 |
Unitarian | 10% | 86% | 3% | 1% | 136 |
United Church of Christ | 14% | 82% | 1% | 2% | 142 |
United Methodist Church | 26% | 73% | 1% | 1% | 688 |
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