Interpreting scripture among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services 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 | 47% | 35% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 10,756 |
Somewhat important | 13% | 37% | 1% | 40% | 9% | 4,573 |
Not too important | 4% | 16% | < 1% | 74% | 7% | 1,933 |
Not at all important | 2% | 5% | < 1% | 87% | 5% | 1,795 |
Don't know | 21% | 15% | 7% | 38% | 20% | 129 |
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