Parent of children under 18 among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by parental status

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

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist22%78%202
Catholic28%72%2,064
Evangelical Protestant30%70%636
Hindu36%64%119
Historically Black Protestant39%61%176
Jewish24%76%513
Mainline Protestant27%73%1,835
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")24%76%5,694
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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