Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by educational group

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who have completed…

Importance of religion in one's lifeHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Very important37%30%17%15%2,011
Somewhat important32%31%22%15%3,549
Not too important27%33%24%16%2,907
Not at all important29%32%23%16%3,521
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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