Belief in Hell among never married adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among never married adults by belief in hell

% of never married adults who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic66%28%7%1,292
Evangelical Protestant83%11%5%1,214
Historically Black Protestant82%12%6%600
Jewish20%73%7%138
Mainline Protestant70%23%7%788
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")29%62%9%2,289
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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