Educational distribution among adults who say religion is not too important by belief in hell (2014) Switch to: Belief in Hell among adults who say religion is not too important by educational group

% of adults who say religion is not too important who have completed…

Belief in HellHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Believe42%36%14%7%975
Don't believe27%31%25%17%2,466
Other/don't know32%36%18%13%334
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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