Parent of children under 18 among 50-64 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 50-64 year olds by parental status

% of 50-64 year olds who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA9%91%153
Assemblies of God13%87%150
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints17%83%163
Churches of Christ16%84%147
Episcopal Church19%81%155
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)12%88%196
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)14%86%283
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod11%89%143
National Baptist Convention12%88%170
Nondenominational evangelical24%76%234
Nothing in particular (religion important)16%84%550
Nothing in particular (religion not important)10%90%751
Presbyterian Church (USA)15%85%124
Southern Baptist Convention12%88%629
United Methodist Church12%88%515
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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