What about controlling for income? One thing I have learned from your sub stack is that as people get more education, they are more likely to be religious. So could this data be influenced by the fact that these more religious people are also more educated and more wealthy?
Makes me wonder if it has always been true? The data has shown this for several decades now, but was it true 125 years ago when religion was much more about eternal damnation and fear of the Lord? Or has this happened since religion became therapy for individualism? (Put another way, I once saw a great presentation about Noah's Ark where the scene was the dead bodies of all those who did not believe. Now it's a happy boat trip with animals.)
the 9% don't have children yet. Once you have children, you are happier when with other parents and/or getting help from churches in raising those children.
Here is another true thing: you do excellent work here as usual!
What about controlling for income? One thing I have learned from your sub stack is that as people get more education, they are more likely to be religious. So could this data be influenced by the fact that these more religious people are also more educated and more wealthy?
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Wow! Big differences at all income levels. Thanks.
Other things I would be interested in controlling for: kids, marriage status, length of current residence (as a proxy for stability).
Here's marital status:
https://ibb.co/Pvx0bdJh
Makes me wonder if it has always been true? The data has shown this for several decades now, but was it true 125 years ago when religion was much more about eternal damnation and fear of the Lord? Or has this happened since religion became therapy for individualism? (Put another way, I once saw a great presentation about Noah's Ark where the scene was the dead bodies of all those who did not believe. Now it's a happy boat trip with animals.)
Correlations are important to study! A pox on anyone that takes this data and makes a causal relationship case out of it.
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the 9% don't have children yet. Once you have children, you are happier when with other parents and/or getting help from churches in raising those children.
Yes, this was my first thought. Family formation is happening for the those born in the 80s and 90s.