Belief in Hell among adults who pray weekly by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who pray weekly by belief in hell

% of adults who pray weekly who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic64%29%7%1,431
Evangelical Protestant78%15%7%1,105
Historically Black Protestant80%14%6%219
Jewish26%68%6%135
Mainline Protestant59%31%10%1,323
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")48%42%10%754
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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