Educational distribution among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by educational group
% of adults in the Silent generation who have completed…
Interpreting scripture | High school or less | Some college | College | Post-graduate degree | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 65% | 23% | 7% | 4% | 1,985 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 48% | 27% | 14% | 11% | 1,625 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 53% | 27% | 11% | 8% | 234 |
Not the word of God | 35% | 24% | 20% | 21% | 1,606 |
Other/don't know | 45% | 26% | 16% | 13% | 520 |
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