Racial and ethnic composition among older Millennials by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among older Millennials by race/ethnicity

% of older Millennials who identify as…

Interpreting scriptureWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally41%22%4%30%3%860
Word of God; not everything taken literally60%14%4%16%6%1,046
Not the word of God66%8%8%14%5%1,838
Other/don't know52%14%9%21%4%276
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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