Importance of religion in one's life among the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good by importance of religion

% of the Unaffiliated who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good who say religion is…

Religious familyVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample size
Agnostic1%16%28%54%1%403
Atheist2%4%9%85%< 1%229
Nothing in particular16%29%27%27%1%1,934
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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