Region among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by region
% of adults in the Silent generation who are in…
Interpreting scripture | Northeast | South | Midwest | West | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 14% | 47% | 21% | 18% | 1,993 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 20% | 34% | 25% | 21% | 1,628 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 22% | 38% | 22% | 17% | 239 |
Not the word of God | 24% | 28% | 20% | 28% | 1,608 |
Other/don't know | 19% | 28% | 22% | 30% | 521 |