Parent of children under 18 among Mainline Protestants by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among Mainline Protestants by parental status

% of Mainline Protestants who are…

Generational cohortParentsNon-parentsSample size
Younger Millennial13%87%371
Older Millennial52%48%438
Generation X62%38%1,039
Baby Boomer11%89%2,433
Silent2%98%1,477
Greatest< 1%100%177
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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