THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Attitudes about the Accuracy of the Bible (1), 4 categories  1964-1990


                           '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90 
 
      Bible is God's Word   51   **   52   **   **   **   **   **   46   **   48   49   48   49 
        Some Human Errors   42   **   38   **   **   **   **   **   42   **   40   39   40   38 
      Written by Wise Men    3   **    6   **   **   **   **   **    6   **    6    6    6    8 
 Bible Worth Little Today    1   **    2   **   **   **   **   **    2   **    2    2    2    3 
        Don't Know, Other    3   **    3   **   **   **   **   **    3   **    4    4    3    2
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  1437      1538                          1394      1902 2159 1761  972  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1B.2a
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Here are four statements about the Bible and I'd like you to tell
     me which is closest to your own view:" (STATEMENTS SHOWN TO R)
     1. The Bible is God's word and all it says is true
     2. The Bible was written by men inspired by God but it contains
     some human errors.
     3. The Bible is a good book because it was written by wise men,
     but God had nothing to do with it.
     4. The Bible was written by men who lived so long ago that
     it is worth very little today.
       


     This question is variable VCF0845 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05