Marital status among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by marital status

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic52%8%12%8%21%6,063
Evangelical Protestant55%5%15%8%18%7,426
Historically Black Protestant31%5%18%8%37%1,755
Jehovah's Witness51%4%11%8%26%125
Jewish61%4%7%6%22%288
Mainline Protestant54%5%12%10%19%4,658
Mormon67%3%7%5%19%623
Muslim41%4%8%1%46%199
Orthodox Christian49%5%8%6%32%137
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")34%13%12%4%37%2,420
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.

Learn More: Married, Living with a partner, Divorced/separated, Widowed, Never married