Parent of children under 18 among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by parental status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…

Generational cohortParentsNon-parentsSample size
Younger Millennial12%88%984
Older Millennial53%47%1,047
Generation X63%37%2,008
Baby Boomer14%86%3,553
Silent2%98%1,626
Greatest< 1%100%137
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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