Importance of religion in one's life among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by importance of religion
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say religion is…
Religious tradition | Very important | Somewhat important | Not too important | Not at all important | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 31% | 40% | 15% | 11% | 3% | 195 |
Catholic | 58% | 32% | 7% | 3% | < 1% | 3,406 |
Evangelical Protestant | 76% | 20% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3,065 |
Hindu | 21% | 59% | 13% | 6% | < 1% | 114 |
Historically Black Protestant | 86% | 12% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1,285 |
Jehovah's Witness | 92% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 142 |
Jewish | 30% | 39% | 21% | 10% | < 1% | 567 |
Mainline Protestant | 52% | 35% | 11% | 3% | 1% | 2,890 |
Mormon | 73% | 19% | 5% | 2% | < 1% | 209 |
Muslim | 68% | 21% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 12% | 19% | 26% | 42% | 1% | 4,566 |
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