Generational cohort among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by generational group
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who are…
Interpreting scripture | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 10% | 12% | 28% | 34% | 13% | 2% | 3,911 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 18% | 14% | 27% | 29% | 10% | 1% | 4,145 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 7% | 10% | 22% | 39% | 19% | 3% | 333 |
Not the word of God | 18% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 7% | 1% | 7,449 |
Other/don't know | 10% | 14% | 26% | 34% | 14% | 2% | 1,188 |
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