Parent of children under 18 among adults in Generation X by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults in Generation X by parental status

% of adults in Generation X who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints75%25%161
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)75%25%109
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)54%46%183
Nondenominational evangelical65%35%166
Nothing in particular (religion important)48%52%503
Nothing in particular (religion not important)46%54%668
Southern Baptist Convention60%40%321
United Methodist Church66%34%270
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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