% of adults in the New York City metro area who are…
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Interpreting scripture
Men
Women
Sample size
Word of God; should be taken literally
42%
58%
355
Word of God; not everything taken literally
45%
55%
453
Not the word of God
53%
47%
771
Other/don't know
44%
56%
153
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.