Parent of children under 18 among adults who do not believe in God by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who do not believe in God by parental status

% of adults who do not believe in God who are…

Educational distributionParentsNon-parentsSample size
High school or less19%81%639
Some college19%81%730
College21%79%1,160
Post-graduate degree30%70%865
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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