Age distribution among non-parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among non-parents by age group

% of non-parents who are ages…

Religious tradition18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Buddhist40%24%21%16%213
Catholic19%18%34%29%5,309
Evangelical Protestant18%17%36%28%6,251
Hindu51%37%6%5%113
Historically Black Protestant20%24%36%20%1,391
Jehovah's Witness16%18%35%31%177
Jewish26%14%27%33%645
Mainline Protestant16%15%34%35%4,734
Mormon26%16%31%26%410
Muslim58%21%13%8%146
Orthodox Christian31%25%26%18%129
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")39%27%23%12%5,695
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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