Belief in Heaven 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 heaven

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA93%4%3%225
Assemblies of God91%5%4%178
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints89%5%6%199
Churches of Christ89%5%7%221
Episcopal Church67%25%8%284
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)80%13%7%311
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%4%3%278
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod83%11%6%148
National Baptist Convention95%3%2%320
Nondenominational evangelical84%7%9%203
Nothing in particular (religion important)72%21%7%1,038
Nothing in particular (religion not important)31%59%10%1,707
Presbyterian Church (USA)81%13%7%238
Southern Baptist Convention89%5%6%572
Unitarian15%68%17%136
United Church of Christ67%22%11%142
United Methodist Church80%13%7%688
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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