Educational distribution among adults who say religion is very important by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say religion is very important by educational group

% of adults who say religion is very important who have completed…

Generational cohortHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Younger Millennial48%43%8%1%1,238
Older Millennial37%35%18%10%1,730
Generation X41%31%17%11%3,663
Baby Boomer45%30%15%10%7,342
Silent55%25%11%9%3,854
Greatest64%22%9%5%394
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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