Religious denomination among the Unaffiliated who say right or wrong depends on the situation by views about government aid to the poor (2014) Switch to: Views about government aid to the poor among the Unaffiliated who say right or wrong depends on the situation by religious denomination

% of the Unaffiliated who say right or wrong depends on the situation who are…

Views about government aid to the poorAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchAmerican Baptist Churches USAAnglican ChurchApostolic Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.)Apostolic Pentecostal (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Assemblies of GodCalvary ChapelChristian and Missionary AllianceChristian Churches and Churches of ChristChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchChristian Reformed ChurchChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Church of God in ChristChurch of God of the Apostolic FaithChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsChurch of the NazareneChurches of ChristCommunity Church (Evangelical Trad.)Conservative Baptist Association of AmericaConservative Congregational Christian ConferenceDeistDisciples of ChristEclectic, a bit of everything, "I have my own beliefs"Episcopal ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)Foursquare ChurchFree Methodist ChurchFree Will BaptistGeneral Association of Regular Baptist ChurchesGreek OrthodoxHumanistIndependent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)Independent Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)Lutheran Church-Missouri SynodMissionary Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)Missionary Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)National Baptist ConventionNondenominational charismaticNondenominational Christian (Evangelical Trad.)Nondenominational evangelicalNondenominational fundamentalistNondenominational Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.)Nothing in particular (religion important)Nothing in particular (religion not important)Orthodox Church in AmericaOther Adventist (Evangelical Trad.)Other Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)Other Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Other Baptist (Mainline Trad.)Other Congregationalist (Evangelical Trad.)Other Congregationalist (Mainline Trad.)Other Episcopalian/Anglican (Mainline Trad.)Other Holiness (Evangelical Trad.)Other in the "Unitarian and other liberal faiths" familyOther in the New Age familyOther Lutheran (Evangelical Trad.)Other Lutheran (Mainline Trad.)Other Metaphysical Christian ("Other Christian" Trad.)Other Methodist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Other Methodist (Mainline Trad.)Other MormonOther Nondenominational (Evangelical Trad.)Other Nondenominational (Mainline Trad.)Other Orthodox ChristianOther Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.)Other Pentecostal (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Other Presbyterian (Evangelical Trad.)Other Presbyterian (Mainline Trad.)Other Reformed (Evangelical Trad.)Other Reformed (Mainline Trad.)Other Restorationist (Evangelical Trad.)Other Restorationist (Mainline Trad.)Others in "Other Christian" TraditionPagan or WiccanPentecostal Church of GodPentecostal Holiness ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Presbyterian Church in AmericaProgressive Baptist ConventionReformed Church in AmericaRussian OrthodoxSeventh-day AdventistSouthern Baptist ConventionSpiritual but not religiousSpiritualistUnitarianUnited Church of ChristUnited Methodist ChurchUnited Pentecostal Church InternationalUnity ChurchWesleyan ChurchWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodSample size
Does more harm than good< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%43%57%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1,346
Does more good than harm< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%40%60%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2,196
Neither/both equally< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%39%61%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%132
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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