Belief in Hell

• Introduction
• Patterns

Belief in Hell (Demographic Patterns)

In your opinion, does each of the following exist? d. Hell

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Belief in Hell by Gender (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
absolutely not	14.2% 102	7.3% 69	10.3% 171
probably not	22.3% 160	16.8% 159	19.1% 319
probably	18.9% 136	16.8% 159	17.7% 295
absolutely	44.6% 321	59.2% 561	52.9% 882
Missing	26	28	54
TOTAL	100% 719	100% 948	1667

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Belief in Hell by Race (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	White	Black	Other	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	10.2% 150	1.6% 1	14.1% 14	6	10.1% 165
probably not	19.8% 291	6.3% 4	17.2% 17	7	19.2% 312
probably	17.2% 253	15.9% 10	28.3% 28	4	17.9% 291
absolutely	52.7% 773	76.2% 48	40.4% 40	21	52.9% 861
Missing	41	3	4	6	54
TOTAL	100% 1467	100% 63	100% 99	44	1629

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Belief in Hell by Religion (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other	None	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	3.2% 31	4.3% 16	43.6% 98	20.2% 17	9	9.9% 162
probably not	14.3% 137	15.2% 56	41.3% 93	27.4% 23	10	18.9% 309
probably	16.6% 160	26.6% 98	10.2% 23	11.9% 10	4	17.8% 291
absolutely	65.9% 633	53.8% 198	4.9% 11	40.5% 34	6	53.5% 876
Missing	29	12	6	2	5	54
TOTAL	100% 961	100% 368	100% 225	100% 84	34	1638

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Belief in Hell by Age (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	9.9% 13	11.0% 41	10.2% 75	9.7% 40	2	10.2% 169
probably not	21.4% 28	17.4% 65	20.2% 148	18.2% 75	3	19.2% 316
probably	13.7% 18	19.3% 72	17.3% 127	18.2% 75	3	17.7% 292
absolutely	55.0% 72	52.4% 196	52.3% 383	53.9% 222	9	52.9% 873
Missing	0	5	16	30	3	54
TOTAL	100% 131	100% 374	100% 733	100% 412	20	1650

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Belief in Hell by Church attendance (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	31.4% 109	8.4% 38	5.3% 17	1.1% 6	1	10.3% 170
probably not	35.2% 122	25.9% 118	13.4% 43	6.1% 32	4	19.1% 315
probably	17.3% 60	23.3% 106	18.7% 60	12.9% 68	1	17.8% 294
absolutely	16.1% 56	42.4% 193	62.6% 201	79.9% 421	11	52.8% 871
Missing	11	19	8	11	5	54
TOTAL	100% 347	100% 455	100% 321	100% 527	22	1650

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Belief in Hell by Preference in 2004 Election (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Bush	Kerry	Other	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	3.8% 31	18.3% 120	10.8% 20	0	10.4% 171
probably not	12.6% 102	26.9% 177	20.4% 38	2	19.2% 317
probably	15.1% 122	19.5% 128	21.5% 40	5	17.6% 290
absolutely	68.5% 554	35.3% 232	47.3% 88	8	52.9% 874
Missing	22	22	6	4	54
TOTAL	100% 809	100% 657	100% 186	19	1652

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Belief in Hell by Education (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< HIGH SCH	HS GRAD	SOME COLL.	JR COLL.	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	6.7% 4	2.9% 7	8.3% 33	7.2% 10	10.7% 44	17.8% 71	2	10.3% 169
probably not	11.7% 7	11.7% 28	16.6% 66	19.6% 27	19.0% 78	27.1% 108	5	19.1% 314
probably	16.7% 10	13.8% 33	17.3% 69	21.0% 29	18.3% 75	18.8% 75	4	17.7% 291
absolutely	65.0% 39	71.5% 171	57.8% 230	52.2% 72	52.0% 213	36.3% 145	12	52.9% 870
Missing	2	18	12	2	5	7	8	54
TOTAL	100% 60	100% 239	100% 398	100% 138	100% 410	100% 399	31	1644

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Belief in Hell by Marital status (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	Married	Cohab	Widowed	Div/Sep	Never Marr	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	8.6% 88	18.3% 11	7.8% 11	13.2% 31	14.7% 28	2	10.3% 169
probably not	18.1% 184	28.3% 17	16.3% 23	20.5% 48	22.1% 42	5	19.1% 314
probably	18.3% 186	16.7% 10	18.4% 26	15.0% 35	17.9% 34	4	17.7% 291
absolutely	55.0% 560	36.7% 22	57.4% 81	51.3% 120	45.3% 86	13	52.9% 869
Missing	25	1	12	8	2	6	54
TOTAL	100% 1018	100% 60	100% 141	100% 234	100% 190	30	1643

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Belief in Hell by Household income (Baylor Religion Survey, 2005)

	< 20000	20k-35k	35k-50k	50k-100k	100k +	Missing	TOTAL
absolutely not	7.0% 13	5.9% 13	7.5% 22	12.7% 69	14.8% 48	6	10.5% 165
probably not	12.4% 23	17.1% 38	21.1% 62	19.9% 108	24.0% 78	10	19.7% 309
probably	16.8% 31	14.4% 32	18.0% 53	16.6% 90	20.3% 66	23	17.3% 272
absolutely	63.8% 118	62.6% 139	53.4% 157	50.8% 276	40.9% 133	59	52.5% 823
Missing	12	10	8	6	6	12	54
TOTAL	100% 185	100% 222	100% 294	100% 543	100% 325	110	1569

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Notes

Baylor Religion Survey, 2005: The Baylor Religion Survey (BRS) is national population survey of religious characteristics, orientations, and attitudes modeled after the General Social Survey. The 2005 BRS data includes 1,721 responses collected by the Gallup Organization. A third of the survey is dedicated solely to religion items; focusing on affiliation, identity, belief, experience, and commitment. Two-thirds of the survey is dedicated to topical modules which will be rotated in subsequent administrations. The 2005 survey includes modules on moral and political attitudes, the consumption of religious goods, the paranormal and civic engagement.