Interpreting scripture among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by interpretation of scripture
% of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 | 23% | 67% | 4% | 6% | < 1% | 112 |
30-49 | 35% | 53% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 216 |
50-64 | 32% | 50% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 163 |
65+ | 40% | 49% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 138 |
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