Belief in God among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by belief in God
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who say they…
Generational cohort | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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Younger Millennial | 70% | 26% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 985 |
Older Millennial | 75% | 21% | 2% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1,052 |
Generation X | 77% | 20% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2,013 |
Baby Boomer | 79% | 19% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3,562 |
Silent | 80% | 17% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,628 |
Greatest | 74% | 18% | 4% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 137 |
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