Belief in Hell among blacks by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among blacks by belief in hell

% of blacks who …in hell

Marital statusBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Married74%19%8%1,090
Living with a partner64%30%5%185
Divorced/separated75%19%6%636
Widowed78%13%9%308
Never married73%22%6%1,162
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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