Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be legal 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 | 11% | 25% | < 1% | 60% | 4% | 1,822 |
Older Millennial | 13% | 20% | 1% | 59% | 7% | 2,373 |
Generation X | 19% | 24% | 1% | 48% | 7% | 4,099 |
Baby Boomer | 22% | 25% | 2% | 44% | 8% | 7,319 |
Silent | 23% | 27% | 3% | 37% | 10% | 2,969 |
Greatest | 30% | 22% | 3% | 31% | 13% | 276 |
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