Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by attendance at prayer groups (2014) Switch to: Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases who say the holy scripture is…
Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups | 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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At least once a week | 62% | 27% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 5,580 |
Once or twice a month | 53% | 33% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 1,565 |
Several times a year | 44% | 37% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 1,281 |
Seldom/never | 30% | 32% | 3% | 28% | 7% | 5,784 |
Don't know | 46% | 24% | 10% | 6% | 15% | 103 |
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