Belief in Heaven by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status by belief in heaven

% of adults who …in heaven

Marital statusBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Married73%19%8%17,827
Living with a partner65%29%6%2,128
Divorced/separated73%19%7%4,752
Widowed82%12%7%3,218
Never married68%25%7%6,966
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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