Parent of children under 18 among adults in the New York City metro area by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the New York City metro area by parental status

% of adults in the New York City metro area who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic29%71%597
Evangelical Protestant29%71%137
Historically Black Protestant29%71%116
Jewish35%65%217
Mainline Protestant29%71%162
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%79%387
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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