Interpreting scripture among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational 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…
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 | 42% | 41% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 122 |
Some college | 32% | 57% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 215 |
College | 24% | 62% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 207 |
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