Belief in Heaven among conservatives by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among conservatives by belief in heaven

% of conservatives who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic89%7%5%2,780
Evangelical Protestant87%6%8%4,975
Historically Black Protestant95%4%2%653
Jewish67%21%13%167
Mainline Protestant85%8%7%2,269
Mormon98%< 1%2%419
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")51%38%11%1,277
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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