Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say the holy scripture is…
Frequency of reading scripture | 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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At least once a week | 52% | 28% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 5,295 |
Once or twice a month | 31% | 35% | 2% | 25% | 7% | 1,712 |
Several times a year | 21% | 33% | 1% | 37% | 8% | 1,477 |
Seldom/never | 11% | 18% | 1% | 63% | 7% | 8,743 |
Don't know | 35% | 17% | 8% | 15% | 26% | 132 |
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