Interpreting scripture among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who believe in God and are not too or not at all certain who say the holy scripture is…
Age distribution | 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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18-29 | 4% | 9% | < 1% | 80% | 7% | 471 |
30-49 | 8% | 10% | < 1% | 75% | 7% | 513 |
50-64 | 6% | 11% | < 1% | 78% | 5% | 442 |
65+ | 6% | 12% | 1% | 71% | 9% | 368 |
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