Educational distribution among who believe in Hell by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among who believe in Hell by educational group

% of who believe in Hell who have completed…

Belief in GodHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Believe in God; absolutely certain44%34%14%8%15,376
Believe in God; fairly certain51%29%13%7%2,959
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain54%28%12%6%409
Believe in God; don't know64%24%6%5%109
Do not believe in God46%31%12%11%113
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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