Views about human evolution 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 views about human evolution
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say humans…
Religious tradition | Evolved; due to natural processes | Evolved; due to God's design | Evolved; don't know how | Always existed in present form | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 71% | 13% | 6% | 9% | 1% | 195 |
Catholic | 34% | 31% | 4% | 28% | 4% | 3,406 |
Evangelical Protestant | 13% | 30% | 3% | 49% | 5% | 3,065 |
Hindu | 63% | 14% | 2% | 20% | 1% | 114 |
Historically Black Protestant | 17% | 32% | 3% | 44% | 4% | 1,285 |
Jehovah's Witness | 6% | 15% | < 1% | 75% | 5% | 142 |
Jewish | 67% | 15% | 5% | 11% | 2% | 567 |
Mainline Protestant | 34% | 32% | 5% | 24% | 5% | 2,890 |
Mormon | 22% | 34% | 3% | 37% | 5% | 209 |
Muslim | 26% | 27% | 5% | 39% | 3% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 68% | 13% | 4% | 13% | 2% | 4,566 |
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