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Table 3 Personal views on human evolution (percentages within column)

From: Teaching evolution in U.S. public middle schools: results of the first national survey

Which comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings?

Middle school

High school

General public (a)

 

(N = 580)

(N = 683)

(N = 967)

Humans have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process

45.0

39.6

33.4

Humans have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process

35.2

49.9

21.8

God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so

19.7

10.5

40.1

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

(a) From Gallup poll, June 2019, excluding “don’t know” responses