Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

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

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA33%67%206
Assemblies of God33%67%259
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints45%55%405
Churches of Christ36%64%249
Episcopal Church21%79%187
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)24%76%292
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)32%68%499
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)28%72%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod23%77%288
National Baptist Convention28%72%111
Nondenominational charismatic34%66%109
Nondenominational evangelical37%63%439
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%68%846
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%74%1,078
Presbyterian Church (USA)11%89%166
Southern Baptist Convention28%72%1,188
United Methodist Church26%74%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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