THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Attitudes about the Accuracy of the Bible (2), 3 categories  1990-2004


                           '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
      Bible Literal Truth   45   39   41   39   36   35   **   37 
  God's Word, Not Literal   41   47   45   46   48   49   **   46 
      Not the Word of God   12   12   12   13   14   12   **   15 
        Don't Know, Other    2    2    3    2    2    3   **    1
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                       N   978 2293 1763 1703 1268 1785      1203  



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



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Which of these statements comes closest to describing your
     feelings about the Bible?" (STATEMENTS SHOWN TO R)
     1. The Bible is the actual Word of God and is to be
     taken literally, word for word
     2. The Bible is the Word of God but not everything in
     it should be taken literally, word for word
     3. The Bible is a book written by men and is not the Word of God
       


     This question is variable VCF0850 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