Age distribution among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by age group
% of adults who say religion is very important who are ages…
Interpreting scripture | 18-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 13% | 33% | 30% | 23% | 8,276 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 22% | 33% | 26% | 19% | 6,037 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 14% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 779 |
Not the word of God | 19% | 32% | 30% | 19% | 1,979 |
Other/don't know | 12% | 31% | 31% | 25% | 1,201 |