Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture 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 reading scripture | 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 | 60% | 27% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7,711 |
Once or twice a month | 43% | 37% | 2% | 12% | 6% | 1,536 |
Several times a year | 35% | 40% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 1,023 |
Seldom/never | 25% | 31% | 2% | 34% | 8% | 3,922 |
Don't know | 42% | 22% | 10% | 8% | 18% | 121 |
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