Belief in Hell among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by belief in hell

% of adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist27%67%5%160
Catholic58%33%8%4,669
Evangelical Protestant75%17%8%2,790
Hindu31%62%7%119
Historically Black Protestant73%17%10%572
Jewish14%77%8%548
Mainline Protestant55%34%11%3,642
Mormon57%32%11%116
Orthodox Christian43%44%13%109
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")23%68%8%6,810
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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