Parent of children under 18 among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by parental status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic30%70%2,763
Evangelical Protestant34%66%2,456
Historically Black Protestant33%67%464
Jehovah's Witness29%71%102
Jewish31%69%182
Mainline Protestant28%72%2,156
Mormon43%57%358
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")31%69%712
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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