Parent of children under 18 among adults who do not believe in God by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who do not believe in God by parental status

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

Generational cohortParentsNon-parentsSample size
Younger Millennial4%96%574
Older Millennial23%77%639
Generation X51%49%723
Baby Boomer12%88%954
Silent4%96%433
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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