But among parents who belong to mainline Protestant denominations such as the United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 55% have a teen who identifies in the same way – and 24% have a teen who is unaffiliated. Eight-in-ten parents who affiliate with an evangelical Protestant denomination have a teen who also identifies as an evangelical Protestant. Within the broad Protestant category, however, there are stark differences.
Protestant parents are likely to have teens who identify as Protestants, while Catholic parents mostly have teens who consider themselves Catholics, and the vast majority of religiously unaffiliated parents have teens who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular.” teens (ages 13 to 17) share the religious affiliation of their parents or legal guardians. When it comes to religion, American teenagers and their parents tend to have a lot in common – though not quite as much as the parents may think, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data. The questions used in this analysis can be found here. It is weighted to be representative by age and gender, race, ethnicity, education, and other categories.įor more information, see the Methodology for this report. adults overall, it is weighted to be representative of two different populations: 1) parents with teens ages 13 to 17 and 2) teens ages 13 to 17. While this survey is not meant to be representative of U.S. Upon answering the last question, the responding parent was asked to pass the survey to the teen they had been asked about, so the teen could complete their portion parents were encouraged to allow teens to answer the questions on their own. Parents who qualified for the study – those who had a child ages 13 to 17 living with them – were asked to complete a web survey, with some questions referring specifically to their teenager (or the teen with the next upcoming birthday, if there was more than one in the household).
The goal was to measure the degree of religious alignment between teens and their parents by separately asking them similar questions about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices. While many surveys are designed to measure the responses of individuals, this one also was designed to measure the responses of pairs. Ipsos sampled households from its KnowledgePanel, a probability-based web panel recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses and telephone (landline and cellphone) numbers, designed to be nationally representative. The survey was conducted online by Ipsos, from March 29 to April 14, 2019. teens and their parents – one parent and one teen from each household. For this report, we surveyed 1,811 pairs of U.S.
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