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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, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Thursday April 06 2017, @12:54PM (1 child)
If you visit New York City you can save yourself a lot of money, time waiting in line, and an aggressive anal probe from the Department of Homeland Security by avoiding the boat to Liberty Island and taking the Staten Island ferry instead, which is free. You pass within a 100 yards of the Statue of Liberty and can take great shots, better than you could from Liberty Island itself; as such there's no reason to go to Liberty Island because they don't let you go up into the crown anymore.
That's a real ferry tale.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Friday April 07 2017, @03:14AM
I did visit New York City once. Even without your warning, I know better than bothering going back, at least without being paid a lot of money.