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

% of whites who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist22%78%141
Catholic23%77%4,814
Evangelical Protestant29%71%6,608
Jewish26%74%780
Mainline Protestant25%75%5,310
Mormon42%58%573
Orthodox Christian30%70%153
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")24%76%5,478
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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