Interpreting scripture among adults with an education level of high school or less by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among adults with an education level of high school or less by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with an education level of high school or less who say the holy scripture is…
Age distribution | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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18-29 | 27% | 29% | 2% | 37% | 4% | 2,128 |
30-49 | 44% | 23% | 2% | 25% | 7% | 2,408 |
50-64 | 47% | 22% | 4% | 21% | 6% | 2,875 |
65+ | 48% | 24% | 4% | 17% | 7% | 3,050 |
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