Age distribution among who believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who believe in Heaven by age group

% of who believe in Heaven who are ages…

Interpreting scripture18-2930-4950-6465+Sample size
Word of God; should be taken literally15%34%30%22%8,701
Word of God; not everything taken literally24%34%25%17%8,347
Word of God; other/don't know14%28%29%28%769
Not the word of God29%35%25%12%4,473
Other/don't know18%34%28%20%1,559
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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