Interpreting scripture among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by household income (2014) Switch to: Income distribution among methodists in the Mainline Tradition by interpretation of scripture
% of methodists in the Mainline Tradition who say the holy scripture is…
Income 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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Less than $30,000 | 40% | 33% | 3% | 15% | 9% | 325 |
$30,000-$49,999 | 28% | 44% | 3% | 20% | 6% | 294 |
$50,000-$99,999 | 25% | 43% | 1% | 23% | 7% | 485 |
$100,000 or more | 16% | 42% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 410 |
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