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

% of conservatives who have completed…

Interpreting scriptureHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally51%30%13%6%5,532
Word of God; not everything taken literally34%36%20%10%4,044
Word of God; other/don't know40%34%17%9%476
Not the word of God44%31%16%8%2,100
Other/don't know45%32%15%8%734
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