Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong 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 belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 36% | 62% | < 1% | 1% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 63% | 35% | 1% | 1% | 259 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 65% | 33% | 2% | < 1% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 52% | 47% | < 1% | 1% | 249 |
Episcopal Church | 37% | 60% | 2% | < 1% | 187 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 34% | 65% | 1% | < 1% | 292 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 56% | 42% | < 1% | 1% | 501 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 60% | 38% | 3% | < 1% | 102 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 51% | 48% | 1% | < 1% | 289 |
National Baptist Convention | 37% | 62% | 1% | < 1% | 111 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 49% | 49% | 1% | 1% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 74% | 24% | 1% | 1% | 443 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 30% | 68% | 1% | 1% | 851 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 24% | 74% | 1% | 1% | 1,083 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 49% | 49% | 2% | < 1% | 166 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 59% | 38% | 2% | 1% | 1,190 |
United Methodist Church | 45% | 53% | 1% | 1% | 870 |
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