Belief in Heaven among men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among men by belief in heaven

% of men who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist46%45%9%138
Catholic82%13%5%3,426
Evangelical Protestant87%6%7%4,061
Hindu48%43%9%136
Historically Black Protestant92%5%3%818
Jewish44%46%10%428
Mainline Protestant78%14%8%2,778
Mormon94%3%3%347
Muslim89%6%5%152
Orthodox Christian81%11%8%106
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")33%57%10%4,471
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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