Parent of children under 18 among who do not believe in Hell by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who do not believe in Hell by parental status

% of who do not believe in Hell who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist19%81%192
Catholic28%72%2,074
Evangelical Protestant27%73%957
Hindu37%63%118
Historically Black Protestant30%70%224
Jehovah's Witness31%69%214
Jewish25%75%636
Mainline Protestant24%76%2,048
Mormon40%60%226
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")24%76%5,257
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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