Interpreting scripture among married adults by importance of religion (2014) Switch to: Importance of religion in one's life among married adults by interpretation of scripture
% of married adults who say the holy scripture is…
Importance of religion in one's life | 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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Very important | 49% | 32% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 10,185 |
Somewhat important | 14% | 34% | 2% | 41% | 9% | 4,060 |
Not too important | 4% | 14% | < 1% | 75% | 8% | 1,752 |
Not at all important | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 90% | 5% | 1,712 |
Don't know | 21% | 23% | 8% | 38% | 11% | 118 |
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