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

% of adults in the Silent generation who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic2%98%1,358
Evangelical Protestant3%97%1,610
Historically Black Protestant9%91%249
Jewish4%96%195
Mainline Protestant2%98%1,477
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")2%98%728
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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