Parent of children under 18 among 30-49 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 30-49 year olds by parental status

% of 30-49 year olds who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
Assemblies of God75%25%107
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints76%24%215
Churches of Christ65%35%117
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)73%27%123
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)56%44%213
National Baptist Convention56%44%102
Nondenominational evangelical68%32%221
Nothing in particular (religion important)50%50%653
Nothing in particular (religion not important)46%54%893
Southern Baptist Convention61%39%381
United Methodist Church64%36%319
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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