Immigrant status among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by immigrant status

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Catholic26%15%59%6,019
Evangelical Protestant9%7%84%7,356
Historically Black Protestant7%3%90%1,723
Jehovah's Witness14%8%78%124
Jewish17%18%66%285
Mainline Protestant6%6%87%4,636
Mormon8%6%86%620
Muslim64%19%17%196
Orthodox Christian37%27%36%138
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")12%10%78%2,373
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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