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

% of liberals who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist21%79%136
Catholic32%68%1,470
Evangelical Protestant32%68%935
Historically Black Protestant27%73%465
Jewish23%77%394
Mainline Protestant28%72%1,256
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")23%77%3,102
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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