Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week 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 | 64% | 21% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 4,009 |
Some college | 51% | 30% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 3,678 |
College | 45% | 36% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 2,816 |
Post-graduate degree | 35% | 42% | 5% | 11% | 7% | 1,759 |
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