Belief in Heaven among adults in the Greatest generation by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Greatest generation by belief in heaven

% of adults in the Greatest generation who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic79%15%6%142
Evangelical Protestant86%7%6%130
Mainline Protestant70%18%13%178
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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