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

% of liberals who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist21%74%4%136
Catholic56%36%7%1,474
Evangelical Protestant74%19%7%937
Historically Black Protestant81%13%6%467
Jewish9%87%4%394
Mainline Protestant47%44%10%1,259
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")18%77%6%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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