Parent of children under 18 among Catholics by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among Catholics by parental status

% of Catholics who are…

Generational cohortParentsNon-parentsSample size
Younger Millennial12%88%533
Older Millennial49%51%647
Generation X64%36%1,471
Baby Boomer16%84%2,894
Silent2%98%1,358
Greatest< 1%100%142
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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