Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation by views about government aid to the poor
% of adults who say that right or wrong depends on the situation who say government aid to the poor…
Religious tradition | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 20% | 74% | 4% | 2% | 212 |
Catholic | 41% | 53% | 4% | 2% | 4,619 |
Evangelical Protestant | 46% | 48% | 4% | 2% | 3,811 |
Hindu | 32% | 59% | 7% | 2% | 158 |
Historically Black Protestant | 25% | 70% | 4% | 2% | 1,290 |
Jewish | 26% | 68% | 4% | 2% | 633 |
Mainline Protestant | 42% | 52% | 4% | 2% | 3,901 |
Mormon | 52% | 43% | 3% | 1% | 267 |
Muslim | 27% | 67% | 5% | 1% | 178 |
Orthodox Christian | 42% | 55% | 3% | < 1% | 113 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 34% | 61% | 3% | 2% | 5,875 |
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