Income distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by household income

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who have a household income of…

Religious traditionLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Buddhist28%22%36%14%182
Catholic29%18%29%25%1,842
Evangelical Protestant35%21%27%16%577
Hindu11%12%38%39%110
Historically Black Protestant46%20%21%12%163
Jewish11%12%25%52%437
Mainline Protestant21%16%31%31%1,641
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%20%28%24%5,239
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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