Gender composition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by gender

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

Metro areaMenWomenSample size
Atlanta Metro Area58%42%146
Boston Metro Area49%51%270
Chicago Metro Area56%44%353
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area60%40%179
Detroit Metro Area64%36%124
Houston Metro Area61%39%171
Los Angeles Metro Area57%43%463
Miami Metro Area57%43%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area53%47%147
New York City Metro Area53%47%771
Philadelphia Metro Area56%44%306
Phoenix Metro Area64%36%136
Providence Metro Area48%52%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area56%44%115
San Diego Metro Area58%42%141
San Francisco Metro Area52%48%302
Seattle Metro Area52%48%171
Tampa Metro Area53%47%123
Washington, DC Metro Area55%45%416
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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