Parent of children under 18 among whites by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among whites by parental status

% of whites who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA26%74%352
Assemblies of God30%70%321
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints42%58%553
Churches of Christ30%70%355
Episcopal Church19%81%443
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)24%76%609
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)28%72%711
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)31%69%124
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)30%70%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod21%79%424
Nondenominational charismatic32%68%118
Nondenominational evangelical38%62%527
Nothing in particular (religion important)29%71%1,143
Nothing in particular (religion not important)24%76%2,241
Presbyterian Church (USA)20%80%384
Presbyterian Church in America20%80%128
Southern Baptist Convention25%75%1,547
Unitarian27%73%148
United Church of Christ22%78%204
United Methodist Church24%76%1,530
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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