Immigrant status among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by immigrant status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who are…

Generational cohortImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Younger Millennial16%16%68%634
Older Millennial30%9%61%847
Generation X24%6%70%1,965
Baby Boomer13%5%82%3,830
Silent9%8%83%1,966
Greatest4%18%78%212
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.

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