Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort 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…
Generational cohort | 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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Younger Millennial | 31% | 39% | 3% | 23% | 4% | 1,398 |
Older Millennial | 38% | 33% | 2% | 21% | 6% | 1,631 |
Generation X | 48% | 31% | 3% | 14% | 5% | 2,919 |
Baby Boomer | 52% | 28% | 4% | 11% | 5% | 5,186 |
Silent | 54% | 27% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 2,638 |
Greatest | 61% | 19% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 256 |
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