Sources of guidance on right and wrong 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 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 tradition | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 6% | 35% | 39% | 15% | 4% | 195 |
Catholic | 29% | 11% | 47% | 11% | 2% | 3,406 |
Evangelical Protestant | 55% | 7% | 33% | 4% | 2% | 3,065 |
Hindu | 3% | 21% | 46% | 29% | 1% | 114 |
Historically Black Protestant | 49% | 5% | 41% | 4% | 2% | 1,285 |
Jehovah's Witness | 78% | 1% | 12% | 4% | 3% | 142 |
Jewish | 14% | 18% | 46% | 18% | 3% | 567 |
Mainline Protestant | 27% | 12% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 2,890 |
Mormon | 53% | 5% | 30% | 8% | 4% | 209 |
Muslim | 40% | 9% | 34% | 15% | 3% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 6% | 20% | 52% | 19% | 2% | 4,566 |
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