Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA27%73%225
Assemblies of God36%64%178
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints36%64%198
Churches of Christ27%73%221
Episcopal Church22%78%284
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)23%77%311
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)29%71%277
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod20%80%147
National Baptist Convention26%74%318
Nondenominational evangelical39%61%202
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%68%1,038
Nothing in particular (religion not important)25%75%1,699
Presbyterian Church (USA)28%72%237
Southern Baptist Convention23%77%568
Unitarian24%76%136
United Church of Christ25%75%141
United Methodist Church21%79%686
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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