Parent of children under 18 among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by parental status

% of adults who say religion is very important who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic32%68%4,200
Evangelical Protestant31%69%6,877
Historically Black Protestant30%70%1,633
Jehovah's Witness27%73%223
Jewish38%62%277
Mainline Protestant25%75%3,304
Mormon41%59%557
Muslim40%60%154
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")34%66%824
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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