Parent of children under 18 among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by parental status

% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA33%67%206
Assemblies of God36%64%258
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints38%62%324
Churches of Christ28%72%238
Episcopal Church16%84%226
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)21%79%300
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)26%74%365
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)31%69%110
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod18%82%207
National Baptist Convention23%77%202
Nondenominational charismatic30%70%106
Nondenominational evangelical34%66%368
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%68%928
Nothing in particular (religion not important)23%77%1,295
Presbyterian Church (USA)23%77%222
Southern Baptist Convention25%75%826
Unitarian29%71%105
United Church of Christ21%79%124
United Methodist Church21%79%719
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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