Educational distribution among adults who say religion is not at all important by belief in heaven (2014) Switch to: Belief in Heaven among adults who say religion is not at all important by educational group

% of adults who say religion is not at all important who have completed…

Belief in HeavenHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Believe50%29%12%8%567
Don't believe27%31%24%17%3,107
Other/don't know36%38%16%10%276
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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