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    July 17, 2020
    The Global God Divide

    Europeans somewhat mixed on the importance of religion, but overall less committed

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    Europeans somewhat mixed on the importance of religion, but overall less committed
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    The Global God Divide
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    Majorities in emerging economies connect belief in God and morality
    Many say religion is important and God plays an important role in their lives, less consensus on belief in God and morality
    Most in Western Europe say belief in God not needed to be moral
    Countries with higher GDP per capita less likely to tie belief in God to morality
    Wide age gaps in most countries on whether belief in God is morally necessary
    Those on the ideological right more likely to say belief in God is necessary
    Europeans somewhat mixed on the importance of religion, but overall less committed
    In most countries, a majority say God plays an important role in their life
    Religiously unaffiliated people are much less inclined to see God as important in their lives
    Morality and belief in God by religious affiliation
    Economic categorization
    Importance of God has declined in many European nations since 1991, but has increased in former Soviet Union
    Those with more education less likely to see belief in God as necessary
    Those with higher incomes less likely to see belief in God as necessary
    Connection between belief in God and morality over time
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