Marital status among parents by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among parents by marital status

% of parents who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Catholic68%11%11%1%9%1,756
Evangelical Protestant70%6%14%2%8%2,175
Historically Black Protestant38%9%15%4%34%487
Jewish87%3%8%1%1%183
Mainline Protestant73%7%10%2%9%1,213
Mormon89%4%4%2%1%242
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")60%12%11%1%16%1,740
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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