Interpreting scripture among who believe in Hell by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among who believe in Hell by interpretation of scripture
% of who believe in Hell who say the holy scripture is…
Marital status | 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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Married | 46% | 33% | 4% | 13% | 5% | 9,927 |
Living with a partner | 34% | 30% | 2% | 26% | 9% | 968 |
Divorced/separated | 48% | 29% | 3% | 13% | 7% | 2,625 |
Widowed | 57% | 24% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 1,847 |
Never married | 36% | 36% | 2% | 20% | 6% | 3,726 |
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