Belief in Hell among non-parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among non-parents by belief in hell

% of non-parents who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist31%64%5%217
Catholic62%29%9%5,411
Evangelical Protestant82%11%7%6,385
Hindu29%64%7%115
Historically Black Protestant81%12%7%1,421
Jehovah's Witness8%87%5%182
Jewish20%72%8%661
Mainline Protestant59%30%11%4,844
Mormon60%31%9%419
Muslim75%18%7%147
Orthodox Christian54%33%13%137
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%66%9%5,788
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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