Religious and Secular Bachelors
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Religious and Secular Bachelors
Student Researchers: Alex Trinh, Alexis Sucher, and Matthew Small
ReligiosityDefined as the percentage of a
population that considers religion to be important in their
lives.
Independent Variables• Median family income• Percent voted democratic in 2012• Number of people per church• Acquisition rate of Bachelor’s Degrees• Divorce Rate• Total immigrant population• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)• Percent of population living in urban areas• Education spending per student by state• Number of private schools
Fig. 1: The inverse relationship between Bachelor’s Degree acquisitions on religion
Fig. 2: The inverse relationship of education spending per student on religion
Fig. 3: The simultaneous rise and fall action of four variables
Percent religious, Percent democratic, Percent having Bachelor’s Degrees, Divorce rate
Table 2
Found Statistically Significant• Percentage of the population aged
25 or older having bachelor’s degrees, GDP per capita, total immigrant population, and education spending per student.
• Bachelor’s Degree acquisitions may have been inversely related to religion because of time being spent differently (religious functions vs. studying)
• Education spending may have been found to be inversely related to religion because of the available access to more information