Interpreting scripture among adults in the West by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among adults in the West by interpretation of scripture
% of adults in the West who say the holy scripture is…
Educational distribution | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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High school or less | 35% | 25% | 3% | 30% | 8% | 2,280 |
Some college | 24% | 26% | 2% | 38% | 9% | 2,522 |
College | 16% | 26% | 2% | 50% | 6% | 2,253 |
Post-graduate degree | 11% | 24% | 2% | 55% | 8% | 1,394 |
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