Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture 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 | 8% | 18% | 1% | 66% | 6% | 2,968 |
30-49 | 13% | 21% | 1% | 57% | 7% | 4,353 |
50-64 | 16% | 23% | 2% | 50% | 8% | 4,515 |
65+ | 15% | 27% | 2% | 47% | 10% | 3,984 |
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