Views about government aid to the poor among 30-49 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 30-49 year olds by views about government aid to the poor

% of 30-49 year olds who say government aid to the poor…

Religious denominationDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God51%43%2%3%107
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints69%28%3%1%216
Churches of Christ54%43%2%< 1%117
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)56%39%5%< 1%123
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)58%36%6%< 1%214
National Baptist Convention23%74%3%1%104
Nondenominational evangelical60%34%4%1%223
Nothing in particular (religion important)43%50%5%2%656
Nothing in particular (religion not important)41%54%3%2%895
Southern Baptist Convention65%32%1%1%383
United Methodist Church52%43%4%1%320
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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