Parent of children under 18 among adults who read scripture several times a year by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who read scripture several times a year by parental status

% of adults who read scripture several times a year who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic32%68%755
Evangelical Protestant31%69%561
Historically Black Protestant25%75%148
Mainline Protestant30%70%700
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")24%76%439
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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