Interpreting scripture among adults in California by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults in California by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in California 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 | 37% | 23% | 2% | 32% | 7% | 1,015 |
Some college | 24% | 25% | 2% | 39% | 10% | 994 |
College | 15% | 24% | 1% | 52% | 7% | 1,000 |
Post-graduate degree | 12% | 22% | 2% | 57% | 7% | 654 |
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