Parent of children under 18 among third generation immigrants or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among third generation immigrants or higher by parental status

% of third generation immigrants or higher who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church35%65%109
American Baptist Churches USA30%70%405
Assemblies of God28%72%352
Church of God in Christ35%65%134
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints40%60%553
Churches of Christ30%70%436
Episcopal Church20%80%424
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)24%76%575
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)28%72%732
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)36%64%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)30%70%116
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod22%78%407
National Baptist Convention26%74%429
Nondenominational charismatic32%68%161
Nondenominational evangelical39%61%558
Nothing in particular (religion important)32%68%1,521
Nothing in particular (religion not important)25%75%2,255
Presbyterian Church (USA)21%79%377
Presbyterian Church in America17%83%137
Southern Baptist Convention25%75%1,749
Spiritual but not religious16%84%106
Unitarian25%75%135
United Church of Christ19%81%193
United Methodist Church24%76%1,502
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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