Parent of children under 18 among democrats and Democratic leaners by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among democrats and Democratic leaners by parental status

% of democrats and Democratic leaners who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church35%65%107
American Baptist Churches USA30%70%198
Assemblies of God25%75%104
Church of God in Christ34%66%125
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints35%65%103
Churches of Christ29%71%191
Episcopal Church23%77%254
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)22%78%296
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)34%66%204
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod15%85%118
National Baptist Convention27%73%407
Nondenominational evangelical35%65%120
Nothing in particular (religion important)30%70%905
Nothing in particular (religion not important)23%77%1,641
Presbyterian Church (USA)25%75%194
Southern Baptist Convention19%81%460
Unitarian25%75%142
United Church of Christ29%71%137
United Methodist Church24%76%593
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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