Parent of children under 18 among adults in Generation X by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in Generation X by parental status

% of adults in Generation X who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic64%36%1,471
Evangelical Protestant63%37%1,742
Historically Black Protestant51%49%447
Jewish64%36%140
Mainline Protestant62%38%1,039
Mormon75%25%165
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")48%52%1,758
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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