Interpreting scripture among non-parents by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among non-parents by interpretation of scripture
% of non-parents 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 | 34% | 27% | 3% | 30% | 7% | 11,872 |
Living with a partner | 17% | 19% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 1,513 |
Divorced/separated | 36% | 24% | 3% | 30% | 8% | 3,798 |
Widowed | 43% | 24% | 5% | 20% | 9% | 3,070 |
Never married | 22% | 27% | 2% | 43% | 6% | 6,177 |
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