Marital status among who believe in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Hell by marital status

% of who believe in Hell who are…

Religious denominationMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
American Baptist Churches USA42%7%17%10%24%368
Assemblies of God59%4%15%9%13%406
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)61%6%13%9%12%103
Church of God in Christ44%2%20%4%30%152
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints67%3%7%4%19%366
Churches of Christ52%4%13%10%22%415
Episcopal Church54%5%11%7%22%181
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)62%2%9%8%18%364
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)57%7%15%7%14%698
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)45%4%24%6%20%148
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod61%4%9%10%15%337
National Baptist Convention37%3%22%12%27%398
Nondenominational charismatic52%3%12%4%30%149
Nondenominational evangelical64%3%10%3%19%561
Nothing in particular (religion important)34%14%14%4%35%1,013
Nothing in particular (religion not important)31%11%10%1%46%529
Presbyterian Church (USA)64%1%11%9%15%209
Southern Baptist Convention61%3%13%10%13%1,593
United Methodist Church62%4%12%10%12%1,002
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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