Income distribution among who believe in Hell by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who believe in Hell by household income

% of who believe in Hell who have a household income of…

Interpreting scriptureLess than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$99,999$100,000 or moreSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally45%22%22%10%6,924
Word of God; not everything taken literally30%21%30%19%5,816
Word of God; other/don't know39%21%26%14%534
Not the word of God35%20%27%18%2,478
Other/don't know41%19%25%15%898
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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