Generational cohort among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by generational group

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good who are…

Interpreting scriptureYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally8%10%29%36%15%1%5,121
Word of God; not everything taken literally14%13%28%32%12%1%4,815
Word of God; other/don't know8%7%31%35%18%1%443
Not the word of God18%18%28%26%9%1%3,964
Other/don't know8%17%28%32%13%2%938
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