Belief in Hell among independents and those who don't lean to either party by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among independents and those who don't lean to either party by belief in hell

% of independents and those who don't lean to either party who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic59%31%10%1,158
Evangelical Protestant78%13%9%1,230
Historically Black Protestant77%16%7%184
Jehovah's Witness5%92%3%188
Mainline Protestant59%26%15%822
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")33%55%12%1,474
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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