Parent of children under 18 among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by parental status

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic33%67%1,800
Evangelical Protestant31%69%5,499
Historically Black Protestant30%70%1,183
Jehovah's Witness27%73%215
Jewish38%62%120
Mainline Protestant25%75%1,888
Mormon43%57%510
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")35%65%605
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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