Generational cohort among who do not believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who do not believe in Heaven by generational group

% of who do not believe in Heaven who are…

Religious traditionYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Buddhist13%21%27%32%7%< 1%149
Catholic11%12%28%38%10%2%699
Evangelical Protestant10%11%30%35%12%2%491
Jewish10%12%19%37%19%4%455
Mainline Protestant8%10%21%39%19%3%848
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")22%22%27%22%6%1%4,373
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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