Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in the Silent generation 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 | 48% | 24% | 5% | 16% | 7% | 2,093 |
Some college | 36% | 28% | 5% | 22% | 8% | 1,528 |
College | 22% | 29% | 4% | 35% | 10% | 1,230 |
Post-graduate degree | 16% | 27% | 3% | 45% | 9% | 1,119 |
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