Parent of children under 18 among adults in the Midwest by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults in the Midwest by parental status

% of adults in the Midwest who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic27%73%1,630
Evangelical Protestant31%69%1,927
Historically Black Protestant31%69%334
Mainline Protestant29%71%1,633
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%73%1,452
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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