Belief in Heaven among baby Boomers by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among baby Boomers by belief in heaven

% of baby Boomers who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist43%49%7%107
Catholic83%11%6%2,905
Evangelical Protestant88%5%7%3,416
Historically Black Protestant91%4%5%749
Jewish33%55%11%330
Mainline Protestant78%13%8%2,435
Mormon96%3%2%214
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%52%10%2,281
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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