Marital status among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by marital status

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who are…

Metro areaMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Atlanta Metro Area45%8%9%4%33%146
Boston Metro Area41%15%7%6%31%270
Chicago Metro Area44%12%7%3%34%349
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area39%13%17%2%28%178
Detroit Metro Area43%11%12%2%32%124
Houston Metro Area41%4%15%3%37%171
Los Angeles Metro Area40%10%9%3%38%460
Miami Metro Area41%10%13%6%31%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area39%10%10%3%37%147
New York City Metro Area41%9%9%4%37%769
Philadelphia Metro Area50%8%11%4%27%305
Phoenix Metro Area39%14%15%1%30%136
Providence Metro Area42%15%8%5%30%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area43%8%13%3%34%115
San Diego Metro Area45%9%10%3%34%141
San Francisco Metro Area44%9%10%4%33%300
Seattle Metro Area39%16%14%3%28%171
Tampa Metro Area40%13%12%6%29%122
Washington, DC Metro Area43%9%11%3%33%416
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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