Parent of children under 18 among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults with a post-graduate degree by parental status

% of adults with a post-graduate degree who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic35%65%1,124
Evangelical Protestant36%64%948
Hindu46%54%104
Historically Black Protestant34%66%192
Jewish33%67%325
Mainline Protestant30%70%1,263
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")29%71%1,378
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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