In this talk, statistician Hans Rosling looks at whether, globally, religion impacts national fertility rates. His conclusion? Nah, not really. He also points out that while fertility rates are certainly correlated with national income levels, it’s no longer true that a nation must be wealthy before experiencing significant reductions in fertility rates. While all of the nations with fertility rates of 6 or more children per woman are, indeed, quite poor, many similarly poor countries have fertility levels similar to that in much wealthier nations — an average of about 2 children per woman.
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Letta Page (TSP Assoc. Editor) — May 25, 2012
For more on Hans Rosling and 'the beauty of data,' check out TSP's Office Hours episode with him being interviewed by the multi-talented Sarah Shannon: http://thesocietypages.org/officehours/2011/04/29/hans-rosling-on-the-beauty-of-data/
Nim Sudo — June 1, 2012
He doesn't seem to differentiate between confessing believers and practicing believers. I know in the US there are a lot of people who say they are Christian but are indistinguishable from Atheists in their daily lives.
James Jordan — August 1, 2023
I learned a lot from reading your analysis of how religion, wealth, and global fertility rates are related to each other and to the world’s population growth.
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