Generational cohort among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by generational group
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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 | 8% | 10% | 29% | 36% | 15% | 1% | 5,121 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 14% | 13% | 28% | 32% | 12% | 1% | 4,815 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 8% | 7% | 31% | 35% | 18% | 1% | 443 |
Not the word of God | 18% | 18% | 28% | 26% | 9% | 1% | 3,964 |
Other/don't know | 8% | 17% | 28% | 32% | 13% | 2% | 938 |
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