Marital status 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 marital status

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

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic55%7%12%9%17%4,203
Evangelical Protestant58%4%14%8%16%6,879
Historically Black Protestant31%5%20%9%35%1,634
Jehovah's Witness54%4%13%8%21%223
Jewish65%2%7%7%19%277
Mainline Protestant56%4%13%11%15%3,295
Mormon69%2%6%5%18%556
Muslim42%4%9%< 1%45%153
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%9%15%5%32%817
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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