Immigrant status among adults ages 65 and older by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults ages 65 and older by immigrant status
% of adults ages 65 and older who are…
Interpreting scripture | Immigrants | Second generation | Third generation or higher | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 9% | 8% | 83% | 2,897 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 7% | 10% | 83% | 2,522 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 12% | 9% | 79% | 341 |
Not the word of God | 9% | 15% | 76% | 2,668 |
Other/don't know | 10% | 12% | 77% | 801 |
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