Interpreting scripture among blacks by household income (2014) Switch to: Income distribution among blacks by interpretation of scripture
% of blacks 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% | 20% | 2% | 15% | 5% | 1,318 |
$30,000-$49,999 | 52% | 22% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 628 |
$50,000-$99,999 | 37% | 32% | 2% | 22% | 7% | 684 |
$100,000 or more | 33% | 34% | 2% | 24% | 6% | 387 |
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