Racial and ethnic composition among adults in California by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in California by race/ethnicity
% of adults in California who identify as…
Interpreting scripture | White | Black | Asian | Latino | Other/Mixed | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 29% | 8% | 9% | 50% | 3% | 814 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 44% | 5% | 12% | 36% | 3% | 843 |
Not the word of God | 52% | 4% | 17% | 24% | 3% | 1,594 |
Other/don't know | 46% | 6% | 16% | 28% | 3% | 299 |
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