Belief in Hell among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults with a post-graduate degree by belief in hell

% of adults with a post-graduate degree who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic54%38%9%1,128
Evangelical Protestant75%13%12%959
Hindu29%60%10%104
Historically Black Protestant78%14%8%193
Jewish12%81%7%326
Mainline Protestant40%46%13%1,269
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")9%84%7%1,382
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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