Gender composition 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 gender

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

Religious denominationMenWomenSample size
American Baptist Churches USA36%64%225
Assemblies of God36%64%178
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints43%57%199
Churches of Christ36%64%221
Episcopal Church41%59%284
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)40%60%311
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)42%58%278
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod42%58%148
National Baptist Convention39%61%320
Nondenominational evangelical41%59%203
Nothing in particular (religion important)46%54%1,038
Nothing in particular (religion not important)50%50%1,707
Presbyterian Church (USA)41%59%238
Southern Baptist Convention44%56%572
Unitarian37%63%136
United Church of Christ35%65%142
United Methodist Church36%64%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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