The mainline is trouble because you need kids to keep things going and they don't have that.
The denoms appearing at the bottom of this graph are largely mainline (ECUSA, ELCA, PCUSA, UMC).
The groups at the top are largely evangelical(AoG, SBC, CofC, Pentecostals, Non-denoms)
The denoms appearing at the bottom of this graph are largely mainline (ECUSA, ELCA, PCUSA, UMC).
The groups at the top are largely evangelical(AoG, SBC, CofC, Pentecostals, Non-denoms)
And here's a scatterplot of how education interacts with having young children.
There's a slight negative correlation that's statistically significant. A 1% increase in college degrees leads to .18% fewer parents of young children.
There's a slight negative correlation that's statistically significant. A 1% increase in college degrees leads to .18% fewer parents of young children.