Educational distribution among married adults by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among married adults by educational group

% of married adults who have completed…

Interpreting scriptureHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally50%30%13%7%5,062
Word of God; not everything taken literally31%30%23%15%5,162
Word of God; other/don't know37%35%16%12%537
Not the word of God24%27%26%22%5,774
Other/don't know32%30%21%17%1,196
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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