Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by household income (2014) Switch to: Income distribution among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say religion is very important 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 | 58% | 23% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 5,273 |
$30,000-$49,999 | 50% | 32% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 3,261 |
$50,000-$99,999 | 43% | 38% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 4,398 |
$100,000 or more | 33% | 43% | 4% | 14% | 6% | 3,008 |
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