Parent of children under 18 among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by parental status

% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist18%82%168
Catholic30%70%3,049
Evangelical Protestant29%71%4,225
Historically Black Protestant25%75%809
Jehovah's Witness29%71%159
Jewish25%75%361
Mainline Protestant24%76%2,751
Mormon38%62%337
Muslim45%55%129
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%75%3,620
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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