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

% of adults in the Northeast who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic25%75%2,014
Evangelical Protestant28%72%752
Historically Black Protestant28%72%247
Jewish31%69%349
Mainline Protestant24%76%1,128
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%75%1,496
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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