Views about government aid to the poor among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults with a household income of less than $30,000 who say government aid to the poor…

Religious denominationDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA35%57%7%2%181
Assemblies of God40%52%3%4%167
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints48%46%5%1%129
Churches of Christ33%63%< 1%3%145
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%52%5%4%251
National Baptist Convention21%74%2%2%177
Nondenominational evangelical54%36%8%3%121
Nothing in particular (religion important)33%61%4%2%738
Nothing in particular (religion not important)38%55%5%2%668
Southern Baptist Convention43%52%3%2%474
United Methodist Church44%50%3%3%295
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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