Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by household income (2014) Switch to: Income distribution among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who say the holy scripture is…
Income 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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Less than $30,000 | 61% | 22% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 3,660 |
$30,000-$49,999 | 55% | 29% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 2,219 |
$50,000-$99,999 | 50% | 33% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 2,939 |
$100,000 or more | 41% | 39% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 1,755 |
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