Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who believe in God and are fairly certain by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who believe in God and are fairly certain who say the holy scripture is…
Educational 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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High school or less | 26% | 29% | 2% | 35% | 7% | 2,044 |
Some college | 9% | 29% | 1% | 52% | 10% | 1,701 |
College | 5% | 26% | 1% | 61% | 8% | 1,722 |
Post-graduate degree | 4% | 23% | 1% | 63% | 10% | 1,293 |
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