Importance of religion in one's life among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by importance of religion

% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain who say religion is…

Educational distributionVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample size
High school or less36%43%16%5%< 1%2,044
Some college21%49%21%8%1%1,701
College19%49%23%8%1%1,722
Post-graduate degree23%46%22%9%1%1,293
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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