Sources of guidance on right and wrong 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 sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
Religious denomination | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 41% | 8% | 44% | 7% | 1% | 225 |
Assemblies of God | 70% | 5% | 24% | 2% | < 1% | 178 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 54% | 5% | 30% | 7% | 3% | 199 |
Churches of Christ | 49% | 9% | 36% | 5% | 1% | 221 |
Episcopal Church | 20% | 19% | 44% | 12% | 5% | 284 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 33% | 10% | 48% | 8% | 2% | 311 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 42% | 6% | 47% | 3% | 1% | 278 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 36% | 12% | 44% | 6% | 2% | 148 |
National Baptist Convention | 53% | 4% | 39% | 3% | 1% | 320 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 67% | 9% | 22% | 2% | < 1% | 203 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 18% | 14% | 55% | 9% | 4% | 1,038 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 2% | 20% | 58% | 18% | 2% | 1,707 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 33% | 11% | 44% | 9% | 3% | 238 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 55% | 6% | 36% | 3% | 1% | 572 |
Unitarian | 4% | 32% | 35% | 23% | 6% | 136 |
United Church of Christ | 19% | 15% | 54% | 10% | 2% | 142 |
United Methodist Church | 33% | 10% | 48% | 7% | 2% | 688 |
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