Parent of children under 18 among adults ages 65 and older by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults ages 65 and older by parental status

% of adults ages 65 and older who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA4%96%139
Assemblies of God5%95%145
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints5%95%138
Churches of Christ2%98%151
Episcopal Church< 1%100%222
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)< 1%100%265
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)5%95%212
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%98%180
National Baptist Convention3%97%143
Nondenominational evangelical3%97%106
Nothing in particular (religion important)3%97%276
Nothing in particular (religion not important)2%98%515
Presbyterian Church (USA)2%98%205
Southern Baptist Convention2%98%642
United Church of Christ< 1%100%100
United Methodist Church3%97%691
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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