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The study you're quoting also says that roughly half of the remaining 81% thinks that God has guided human evolution, so it does contradict OP's statement of 40% believing God created the Earth 10,000 years ago at all.

The fact that YEC is incompatible with human evolution doesn’t mean people can’t believe both. Especially since “god guided human evolution” can mean something very different than actual evolution.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/647594/majority-credits-god-hum...

Only 3 questions that combine two data points.

There's no way to answer that god created humans in their present form without also saying within the last 10000 years.

This is why polling isn't always reliable. This poll should, at the very least, be two questions and there should be significantly more options.