Parent of children under 18 among college graduates by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among college graduates by parental status

% of college graduates who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic35%65%1,783
Evangelical Protestant37%63%1,861
Historically Black Protestant34%66%288
Jewish25%75%294
Mainline Protestant30%70%1,668
Mormon60%40%210
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%73%2,066
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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