Educational distribution among who do not believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who do not believe in Heaven by educational group

% of who do not believe in Heaven who have completed…

Religious denominationHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Episcopal Church4%17%36%43%120
Nothing in particular (religion important)39%31%18%12%428
Nothing in particular (religion not important)32%32%21%15%1,815
Unitarian12%10%35%42%112
United Methodist Church18%24%32%26%157
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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