Region among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by region

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

Marital statusNortheastSouthMidwestWestSample size
Married23%29%20%27%5,799
Living with a partner21%28%20%31%1,112
Divorced/separated19%34%18%29%1,535
Widowed26%30%19%25%693
Never married24%29%21%26%2,946
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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