Age distribution among who believe in Hell by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who believe in Hell by age group
% of who believe in Hell who are ages…
Interpreting scripture | 18-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 15% | 34% | 30% | 21% | 7,917 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 26% | 35% | 24% | 15% | 6,458 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 14% | 32% | 28% | 26% | 650 |
Not the word of God | 31% | 35% | 24% | 10% | 2,726 |
Other/don't know | 20% | 36% | 27% | 17% | 1,063 |