Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by household income (2014) Switch to: Income 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…
Income 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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Less than $30,000 | 21% | 21% | 2% | 48% | 8% | 3,505 |
$30,000-$49,999 | 14% | 23% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 2,571 |
$50,000-$99,999 | 7% | 23% | 1% | 62% | 6% | 4,110 |
$100,000 or more | 5% | 20% | 1% | 68% | 6% | 3,941 |
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