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

% of adults in the South who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic34%66%1,875
Evangelical Protestant31%69%4,067
Historically Black Protestant30%70%1,184
Jewish18%82%228
Mainline Protestant25%75%2,167
Mormon44%56%111
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")29%71%2,207
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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