Parent of children under 18 among men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among men by parental status

% of men who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist18%82%137
Catholic27%73%3,412
Evangelical Protestant29%71%4,042
Hindu40%60%136
Historically Black Protestant24%76%812
Jewish28%72%428
Mainline Protestant25%75%2,765
Mormon38%62%345
Muslim38%62%152
Orthodox Christian23%77%106
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")22%78%4,452
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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