Parent of children under 18 among adults who say religion is very important by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say religion is very important by parental status

% of adults who say religion is very important who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA30%70%338
Assemblies of God34%66%408
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)31%69%101
Church of God in Christ35%65%143
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints41%59%541
Churches of Christ31%69%374
Episcopal Church18%82%244
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)21%79%408
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)30%70%628
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)33%67%167
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod23%77%316
National Baptist Convention25%75%424
Nondenominational charismatic31%69%151
Nondenominational evangelical38%62%577
Nothing in particular (religion important)35%65%752
Presbyterian Church (USA)20%80%268
Presbyterian Church in America22%78%105
Seventh-day Adventist32%68%140
Southern Baptist Convention26%74%1,510
United Church of Christ19%81%127
United Methodist Church24%76%1,019
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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