Interpreting scripture among moderates by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among moderates by interpretation of scripture
% of moderates 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 | 23% | 31% | 2% | 36% | 8% | 5,786 |
Living with a partner | 19% | 26% | < 1% | 45% | 10% | 726 |
Divorced/separated | 30% | 28% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 1,512 |
Widowed | 37% | 29% | 4% | 20% | 10% | 1,101 |
Never married | 18% | 32% | 1% | 42% | 6% | 2,487 |
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