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Religiosity and atheism: revised estimates for 1980-2020

Posted on November 9, 2021 by colinmathers

In previous posts, I have summarized various analyses of the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Study (EVS), altogether including more than 110 countries, and focusing on trends and differences religious affiliation, religious beliefs and practices, as well … Continue reading →

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Age Patterns of Religiosity and Atheism in the USA, Europe and Australia

Posted on May 29, 2021 by colinmathers

It is well known that the proportion of people who are atheist or non-religious in high income countries is generally higher in younger people than older people and rising over time.  So is the decline in religiosity mainly a cohort … Continue reading →

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Global trends in religiosity and atheism 1980 to 2020

Posted on September 30, 2020 by colinmathers

Ronald Inglehart has recently published an article in Foreign Affairs called “Giving up on God: the global decline of religion” in which he uses data from the most recent wave of the World Health Surveys (WVS) to claim that between … Continue reading →

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