Country Religiosity Declines as Material Security Increases

Barber, Nigel

Country Religiosity Declines as Material Security Increases

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 47(1) • Sage Publications • • Published In 2012 • Pages: 42-50 •

By Barber, Nigel

Abstract

The present study attempts to replicate the Barber (2011) finding that more considerable security influences a country's disbelief in God. However, this research uses a more diverse sample and seeks to answer additional questions about religiosity and security than the previous work. The results are in line with all of the predictions and offer extra support to the uncertainty hypothesis.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Other	Other researchers	114 countries from a Gallup (2010) data set

Hypotheses (4)
Hypothesis	Supported
Economic development will be associated with less religiosity.	Supported
Population enrollment in post-secondary education will tend to be associated with lower religiosity.	Supported
Equal distribution will tend to be associated with less religiosity.	Supported
Health security will tend to be associated with less religiosity.	Partially Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: milagro.escobar anj.droe

Country Religiosity Declines as Material Security Increases

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 47(1) • Sage Publications • • Published In 2012 • Pages: 42-50 • Cite

By Barber, Nigel

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (4)

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 47(1) • Sage Publications • • Published In 2012 • Pages: 42-50 •