Generational cohort among Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; not everything taken literally by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; not everything taken literally by generational group

% of Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; not everything taken literally who are…

Religious familyYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.)15%14%27%30%13%< 1%764
Lutheran Family (Evangelical Trad.)10%9%25%39%16%1%230
Nondenominational Family (Evangelical Trad.)20%20%31%25%4%< 1%554
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Evangelical Trad.)20%15%38%20%7%< 1%133
Pentecostal Family (Evangelical Trad.)13%23%31%26%7%< 1%197
Presbyterian Family (Evangelical Trad.)15%7%14%43%19%3%119
Restorationist Family (Evangelical Trad.)22%11%28%29%10%1%179
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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