Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status 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…
Marital status | 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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Married | 12% | 25% | 1% | 54% | 8% | 7,841 |
Living with a partner | 11% | 17% | < 1% | 64% | 8% | 1,297 |
Divorced/separated | 18% | 21% | 1% | 52% | 8% | 2,048 |
Widowed | 20% | 27% | 4% | 38% | 11% | 1,194 |
Never married | 12% | 19% | 1% | 62% | 7% | 3,643 |
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