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Paired bar chart, belief in heaven vs. hell, Christian traditions and the unaffiliated: Latter-day Saint heaven 93%, hell 56%, Catholic heaven 88%, hell 72%, Protestant heaven 87%, hell 79%, Orthodox Christian heaven 73%, hell 62%, Jehovah's Witness heaven 42%, hell 5%, Religiously unaffiliated heaven 35%, hell 25%.

Belief in heaven vs. hell (Christian only)

The same two questions, compared side by side, Christian traditions and the unaffiliated.

Bar chart, share who say evolution was guided by God, Christian traditions and the unaffiliated: Latter-day Saint 74%, Catholic 57%, Protestant 66%, Orthodox Christian 53%, Jehovah's Witness 45%, Religiously unaffiliated 21%.

Evolution guided by God (Christian only)

Share of Christian traditions (plus the unaffiliated) who say humans evolved over time due to processes guided or allowed by God.

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Bar chart, share saying it should specifically be the mother who stays home, by tradition: Protestant 47%, Catholic 43%, Latter-day Saint 53%, Orthodox Christian 43%, Jehovah's Witness 49%, Other Christian 51%, Jewish 36%, Muslim 58%, Buddhist 34%, Hindu 38%, Other world religions 30%, Other faiths 16%, Religiously unaffiliated 25%, All groups average 40%.

If a parent stays home, should it be the mother?

Of those who say a parent should stay home to focus on family, share saying specifically the mother, by tradition.

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Bar chart, share saying kids are better off with a stay-at-home parent, by religious tradition: Protestant 60%, Catholic 59%, Latter-day Saint 80%, Orthodox Christian 62%, Jehovah's Witness 80%, Other Christian 67%, Jewish 42%, Muslim 66%, Buddhist 58%, Hindu 48%, Other world religions 71%, Other faiths 53%, Religiously unaffiliated 48%, All groups average 56%.

Is a stay-at-home parent better for kids?

Share saying children are better off when a parent stays home to focus on family, rather than both parents working outside the home, by religious tradition.

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Of parents, who pray or read scripture with their kids

Share of each tradition's parents who pray or read scripture with their children.

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100%-stacked bar chart, share of each tradition's current membership: Latter-day Saint raised in it 74%, converted in 26%, Catholic raised in it 92%, converted in 8%, Protestant raised in it 81%, converted in 19%, Orthodox Christian raised in it 71%, converted in 29%, Jehovah's Witness raised in it 53%, converted in 47%.

Of today's members: raised in it, or converted in?

Each tradition's current membership, split by whether they were raised in it or joined from elsewhere.

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Bar chart, share raised in each tradition who say religion was very important to their family: Latter-day Saint 70%, Catholic 51%, Protestant 50%, Orthodox Christian 37%, Jehovah's Witness 78%.

Religion was very important to their family growing up

Share of each Christian tradition's raised-in-it population who say religion was "very important" to their family.

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Bar chart, share of each current tradition's members with children under 18 at home: Latter-day Saint 38%, Catholic 28%, Protestant 27%, Orthodox Christian 27%, Jehovah's Witness 24%.

Share with children under 18 at home

Of each current tradition's members, share who are a parent or guardian of a child under 18 living with them.

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Who has two or more children?

Share with two or more children ever born, by religious tradition.

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Bar chart, share whose spouse/partner shares their current religion, by tradition: Protestant 78%, Catholic 72%, Latter-day Saint 81%, Orthodox Christian 61%, Jehovah's Witness 65%, Other Christian 9%, Jewish 58%, Muslim 76%, Buddhist 56%, Hindu 86%, Other world religions 33%, Other faiths 27%, Religiously unaffiliated 70%, All groups average 72%.

Whose spouse shares their religion?

Share of married/partnered adults whose spouse or partner shares their current religion, by tradition.

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