Interpreting scripture among adults who pray weekly by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among adults who pray weekly by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who pray weekly 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 | 22% | 40% | 1% | 31% | 6% | 942 |
30-49 | 24% | 34% | 1% | 33% | 7% | 1,457 |
50-64 | 27% | 33% | 2% | 31% | 8% | 1,608 |
65+ | 24% | 37% | 3% | 25% | 10% | 1,218 |
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