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

% of conservatives who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic71%22%7%2,780
Evangelical Protestant85%8%7%4,975
Historically Black Protestant83%12%5%653
Jewish46%43%11%167
Mainline Protestant70%20%10%2,269
Mormon64%30%6%419
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")39%52%10%1,277
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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