Parent of children under 18 among widowed adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among widowed adults by parental status

% of widowed adults who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic6%94%721
Evangelical Protestant7%93%920
Historically Black Protestant14%86%196
Mainline Protestant5%95%791
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")8%92%336
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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