Interpreting scripture among adults with a household income of $50,000-$99,999 by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among adults with a household income of $50,000-$99,999 by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a household income of $50,000-$99,999 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 | 43% | 38% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 4,398 |
Somewhat important | 10% | 37% | 1% | 45% | 8% | 2,149 |
Not too important | 3% | 12% | < 1% | 78% | 7% | 1,039 |
Not at all important | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 92% | 4% | 1,092 |
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