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

% of parents who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic67%27%7%1,761
Evangelical Protestant84%9%7%2,175
Historically Black Protestant82%12%6%487
Jewish27%67%6%184
Mainline Protestant64%27%9%1,218
Mormon64%29%7%242
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")33%60%7%1,744
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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