Belief in Hell among married adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among married adults by belief in hell

% of married adults who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist42%53%6%103
Catholic63%29%7%3,810
Evangelical Protestant83%10%8%4,853
Hindu27%59%14%131
Historically Black Protestant83%10%7%626
Jehovah's Witness6%92%2%124
Jewish22%71%7%498
Mainline Protestant59%30%11%3,444
Mormon63%31%7%454
Muslim73%22%5%110
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")23%68%8%3,150
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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