Parent of children under 18 among the Unaffiliated by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among the Unaffiliated by parental status

% of the Unaffiliated who are…

Marital statusParentsNon-parentsSample size
Married42%58%3,136
Living with a partner28%72%775
Divorced/separated26%74%966
Widowed8%92%336
Never married11%89%2,288
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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