Interpreting scripture among non-parents by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among non-parents by interpretation of scripture
% of non-parents 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 | 41% | 24% | 3% | 26% | 6% | 8,264 |
Some college | 27% | 27% | 3% | 35% | 8% | 7,367 |
College | 18% | 27% | 2% | 47% | 7% | 6,445 |
Post-graduate degree | 13% | 26% | 2% | 51% | 8% | 4,345 |
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