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

% of parents who are ages…

Religious tradition18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Catholic12%69%18%1%1,736
Evangelical Protestant16%68%14%2%2,148
Historically Black Protestant21%64%11%3%476
Jewish11%64%22%3%180
Mainline Protestant15%69%14%2%1,201
Mormon15%74%9%2%240
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")22%67%10%1%1,726
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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