Frequency of feeling wonder about the universe 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 frequency feeling a sense of wonder about the universe

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good who feel a sense of wonder about the universe…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA41%17%14%25%2%206
Assemblies of God52%14%7%24%3%259
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints51%25%10%14%< 1%407
Churches of Christ49%17%11%22%1%249
Episcopal Church37%20%14%27%2%187
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)44%19%10%27%1%292
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)41%19%12%26%3%501
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)54%10%18%16%2%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod38%18%13%28%3%289
National Baptist Convention33%18%13%34%1%111
Nondenominational charismatic61%15%10%14%< 1%109
Nondenominational evangelical51%17%12%19%< 1%443
Nothing in particular (religion important)46%15%11%27%< 1%851
Nothing in particular (religion not important)37%15%12%36%1%1,083
Presbyterian Church (USA)53%12%15%20%< 1%166
Southern Baptist Convention41%15%12%29%2%1,190
United Methodist Church38%17%16%28%1%870
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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