Religious tradition among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong (2014) Switch to: Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious group
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are…
Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | 1% | 19% | 30% | 1% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 18% | < 1% | 4,319 |
Right or wrong depends on the situation | 1% | 21% | 16% | 1% | 8% | < 1% | 3% | 14% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | 1% | 12,639 |
Neither/both equally | 3% | 22% | 19% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 4% | 17% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 19% | 2% | 252 |
Don't know | < 1% | 29% | 21% | 1% | 2% | 4% | < 1% | 12% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 22% | 1% | 149 |
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