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

% of adults in the Silent generation who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
Churches of Christ3%97%104
Episcopal Church1%99%147
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)< 1%100%181
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)5%95%136
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%98%124
Nothing in particular (religion important)1%99%166
Nothing in particular (religion not important)2%98%302
Presbyterian Church (USA)1%99%137
Southern Baptist Convention1%99%447
United Methodist Church3%97%474
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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