Parent of children under 18 among third generation immigrants or higher by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among third generation immigrants or higher by parental status

% of third generation immigrants or higher who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist20%80%163
Catholic25%75%4,658
Evangelical Protestant29%71%7,332
Historically Black Protestant30%70%1,690
Jehovah's Witness28%72%169
Jewish26%74%565
Mainline Protestant25%75%5,283
Mormon40%60%570
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")26%74%5,762
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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