Interpreting scripture among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a household income of less than $30,000 who say the holy scripture is…
Religious tradition | 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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Catholic | 39% | 27% | 3% | 23% | 7% | 1,812 |
Evangelical Protestant | 57% | 26% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 2,370 |
Historically Black Protestant | 67% | 19% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 791 |
Jehovah's Witness | 54% | 36% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 102 |
Mainline Protestant | 37% | 30% | 2% | 22% | 9% | 1,208 |
Mormon | 41% | 46% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 131 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 16% | 15% | 1% | 60% | 8% | 1,852 |
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