Belief in God among adults ages 65 and older by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults ages 65 and older by belief in God
% of adults ages 65 and older who say they…
Religious tradition | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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Catholic | 72% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2,131 |
Evangelical Protestant | 89% | 8% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2,399 |
Historically Black Protestant | 90% | 7% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 401 |
Jewish | 28% | 29% | 15% | 2% | 20% | 5% | 320 |
Mainline Protestant | 67% | 23% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2,272 |
Mormon | 90% | 6% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 146 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 25% | 18% | 11% | 1% | 37% | 7% | 1,225 |
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