Belief in Hell among women by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among women by belief in hell

% of women who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist31%67%2%126
Catholic61%30%9%3,776
Evangelical Protestant82%11%8%4,532
Historically Black Protestant80%13%7%1,098
Jehovah's Witness6%91%3%158
Jewish21%72%7%419
Mainline Protestant59%30%11%3,305
Mormon63%31%6%317
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")29%62%8%3,085
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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