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

% of liberals who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist31%62%7%136
Catholic79%16%6%1,474
Evangelical Protestant90%6%4%937
Historically Black Protestant91%5%4%467
Jewish24%69%7%394
Mainline Protestant71%20%9%1,259
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%66%7%3,107
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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