Interpreting scripture among liberals by age group (2014) Switch to: Age distribution among liberals by interpretation of scripture
% of liberals who say the holy scripture is…
Age distribution | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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18-29 | 12% | 20% | < 1% | 63% | 5% | 1,657 |
30-49 | 20% | 18% | 1% | 55% | 6% | 2,339 |
50-64 | 22% | 19% | 2% | 49% | 8% | 2,418 |
65+ | 24% | 19% | 2% | 47% | 9% | 1,976 |
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