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New research by the University of Manchester has found that people are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises.
Dr Ingrid Storm analysed survey data on more than 20,000 people in Britain to compare their income and religious attendance.
Her research is the first of its kind to use data on the same people measured over time, from 1991 to 2012.
Dr Storm found that a rise in income of about £10,000 a year (£880 a month) meant that people were 6 percentage points less likely to attend services monthly.
But a fall in income had no effect on people's monthly attendance at churches, mosques and other places of worship, the research showed.
She said that a reason that people turned away from religious services when their income increased was that they had less need for the social support found in religious communities.
People who are busy have less time for extra-curricular activities.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Dunbal on Thursday April 06 2017, @10:27AM (4 children)
People who are busy have less time for extra-curricular activities.
You are assuming a nonexistent correlation between busy and income. It's quite possible to earn millions per year on just a few hours a day, and it's quite common to earn barely enough to survive working 80 hour weeks.
(Score: 2) by ese002 on Thursday April 06 2017, @02:14PM
It's quite possible to earn millions per year on just a few hours a day, and it's quite common to earn barely enough to survive working 80 hour weeks.
Quite true, for the steady state. However, generating substantially more income generally requires getting busier, even if it is only temporary. This is one of the ways the working poor get trapped. If you are already spending time all of your time working just to survive, you don't have the slack to add on the education, the networking, and the extensive job searching to move into a more lucrative career.'
Even in less drastic scenarios, most people achieve a dramatic increase income either by deliberately working longer hours or by exploiting an increased demand for their services. The latter usually results in more hours worked even if it not intentional.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Justin Case on Thursday April 06 2017, @03:26PM
And even if there were a causation (not granting that) perhaps the assumption is backwards. Not
rising income leads to less church
but
those with brains that avoid magical thinking are more likely to be financially successful.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2017, @04:33PM (1 child)
You are assuming a nonexistent correlation between busy and income. It's quite possible to earn millions per year on just a few hours a day, and it's quite common to earn barely enough to survive working 80 hour weeks.
How did this get modded to +5 insightful? Are you seriously asserting there is no causal relationship between being busy and working hard; and between working hard work and having more income? I'll grant you that it isn't a 1:1 correlation (e.g. a person can win the lottery, be born into a wealthy family, etc)... but you think there is no causal link at all?
I suppose you also think because there is no statistical correlation between sex and pregnancy in the United States (this is true, actually do the math yourself if you want to confirm) that children come from storks.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday April 06 2017, @06:54PM
How did this get modded to +5 insightful? Are you seriously asserting there is no causal relationship between being busy and working hard; and between working hard work and having more income?
Yes, indeed, that is what the post says! Congratulation on your reading comprehension skills! Unusual in a libertarian. And I have to say, in my experience this is the case. One example: do you really think a CEO works 300 times harder than a janitor?