Parent of children under 18 among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by belief in hell (2014) Switch to: Belief in Hell among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by parental status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

Belief in HellParentsNon-parentsSample size
Believe30%70%2,750
Don't believe24%76%8,442
Other/don't know25%75%907
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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