Interpreting scripture among adults with an education level of high school or less by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among adults with an education level of high school or less by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with an education level of high school or less who say the holy scripture is…
Importance of religion in one's life | 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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Very important | 59% | 23% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 6,289 |
Somewhat important | 24% | 35% | 2% | 31% | 7% | 2,486 |
Not too important | 10% | 19% | 1% | 63% | 7% | 869 |
Not at all important | 7% | 7% | < 1% | 79% | 6% | 869 |
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