Parent of children under 18 among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a post-graduate degree by parental status

% of adults with a post-graduate degree who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
Episcopal Church25%75%167
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)28%72%128
Nondenominational evangelical45%55%114
Nothing in particular (religion important)29%71%178
Nothing in particular (religion not important)30%70%574
Presbyterian Church (USA)28%72%137
Southern Baptist Convention30%70%184
United Methodist Church27%73%329
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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