Parent of children under 18 among adults who say religion is somewhat important by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is somewhat important by parental status

% of adults who say religion is somewhat important who are…

Interpreting scriptureParentsNon-parentsSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally30%70%1,052
Word of God; not everything taken literally29%71%2,761
Word of God; other/don't know26%74%121
Not the word of God29%71%3,559
Other/don't know32%68%791
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