Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey

  Using data obtained through the 2021 Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey (n=3079), respondents were separated into affiliation-groups. It was found that those who identified as atheists were less likely to have had parents who prayed, meditated, went to a place of worship with or who said grace before meals. One may suggest that this is due to present atheists being raised atheist; however out of the 870 who identified as atheists at the time of the survey only  12.87%  were raised atheists.  Graphs available below.  Table of Context I.) Prayer II.) Meditated III.) Place of Worship IV.) Saying Grace V.) Religious Involvement Averages  I.) Prayer Present Catholics and Protestants were close to twice as likely to have been prayed  with their parents "a few times or more"* during childhood.  Affiliation at time of survey // Median Parental Prayer "a few times or more" Atheist // 24.37  Agnostic // 32.46  Protes...

  Wiccans/Pagans were the least likely to have gone to a place of worship with their father, or mother "a few times or more" as children. The colours indicated affiliation at the time of the survey, and do not necessarily indicate the type of place of worship attended. Respondents were asked in two separate questions about a short least of spiritual/religious activities which their father/mother joined them with "a few times or more" during their childhood. It may be of interest to the reader that 72.34% of Wiccans/Pagans (n=141) were Canadian, in contrast to 18.09% of the everyone surveyed (n=3079).

  Notable correlations were found between people adhering the Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox faiths and paternal, maternal prayer involvement when they were children.  Meanwhile, Pagans/Wiccans and Atheists tended to not have been prayed with relative to those who adhere to the major Monotheistic faiths.  Respondents were asked in Q7 "Throughout your childhood did your father do any of the following with you a few times or more? (Check all that apply.)" One of the options was "Pray with you". A similar question was asked regarding respondent's mothers in question 9.  This is consistent with CRED theory which says that Credibility Enhancing Displays increase the likelihood that the behavior will be imitated into the future. Speculatively, it's plausible that parents who pray with their child also exert higher social pressure to maintain their adherence.      

The following shows the demographic information within the Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey, and does not necessary reflect demographic realities in the Anglosphere.  Instead the utility of the following is to compare those Muslims and the average to see where Muslims tend to differ from the average.  I.) Summery  II.) Data I.) Summery  Those who choose to identify as Muslims tended to be female, Millennial Canadians.  They tended to come from stable families (divorce, abandonment and death of the father before adulthood were notable lower than average.) Most Muslims sampled where brought up as Muslims.  Total Number: 107 Gender balance:  71.96% Average:  45.18 female Main country: 71.03% Canadian Average: 19.09 % American Age balance: 53.27% Average: 37.12% Millennial Education: 36.45% Bachelor Average:  33.97% Bachelor  Raised Muslim: 89.72% Average: 3.70% raised Muslim Father's religious involvement : Prayer: 72.9...

The following shows the demographic information within the Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey, and does not necessary reflect demographic realities in the Anglosphere.  Instead the utility of the following is to compare those Atheists and the average to see where Atheists tend to differ from the average.  I.) Summery  II.) Data I.) Summery  Those who identified as Atheists were balanced between males and females,  and they were significantly more likely to openly identify as an atheist or agnostic between ages 6 and 18.  The distinct majority had not been brought up atheist.  Total Number: 870 Gender balance: 52.64% male Average: 54.82% Main country: 31.61% American Average:  42.55% American Age balance: 38.39% Millennial  Average: 37.12% Millennial Education: 34.94% Bachelor Average:  33.97% Bachelor  Raised Atheist: 12.87% Average: 5.59% raised Atheist Father's religious involvement : Prayer: 17.82% Meditation: ...

The following shows the demographic information within the Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey, and does not necessary reflect demographic realities in the Anglosphere.  Instead the utility of the following is to compare those Agnostics and the average to see where Agnostics tend to differ from the average.  I.) Summery  II.) Data I.) Summery  Those who choose to identify as Agnostic tended to be female, American, Millennial,  less likely to have abandoned by their father before adulthood and more likely to have openly identified as an atheist or agnostic between the ages of 6 and 18.  The distinct majority had not been raised Agnostic.  Total Number: 268 Gender balance:  55.22% female Average:  45.18 female Main country: 48.13% American Average:  42.55% American Age balance: 42.16% Millennial Average: 37.12% Millennial Education: 36.19% Bachelor  Average:  33.97% Bachelor  Raised Agnostic: 12.31% Average...

 T he following shows the demographic information within the Childhood Experience and Religious Affiliation Survey, and does not necessary reflect demographic realities in the Anglosphere.  Instead the utility of the following is to compare those Jews and the average to see where Jews tend to differ from the average.  I.) Summery  II.) Data I.) Summery  Those who choose to identify as Jewish tended to be female, American, had parents who divorced,  and had been abandoned by their father as a minor compared to the average.  Less than half were raised Jewish.  II.) Data   Total Number: 113 Gender balance:  59.29 female Average:  45.18 female Main country: 58.41% American Average:  42.55% American Age balance: 32.74% Millennial, 32.74% Generation X Average: 37.12% Millennial, 29.20% Generation X Education: 30.09% Bachelor  Average:  33.97% Bachelor  Religion raised Jewish: 45.13% Average: 2.57 %  Jewish raised ...