Parent of children under 18 among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by parental status
% of adults who say religion is very important who are…
Interpreting scripture | Parents | Non-parents | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 31% | 69% | 8,444 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 33% | 67% | 6,134 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 28% | 72% | 808 |
Not the word of God | 28% | 72% | 2,015 |
Other/don't know | 26% | 74% | 1,247 |
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