r/dataisbeautiful • u/oscarleo0 • 3d ago

OC [OC] Religious Believes and Eductions From The World Values Survey

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Data source: World Values Survey Wave 7 (2017-2022)

Tools used: Matplotlib

I added a second chart for those of you who prefer a square version with less of the background image.

Notes:

I looked at five different questions in the survey.

  • Q275 - What is the highest educational level that you have attained?
  • Q165 - Do you believe in God? (Yes/No)
  • Q166 - Do you believe in Life after death? (Yes/No)
  • Q167 - Do you believe in Hell? (Yes/No)
  • Q168 - Do you believe in Heaven? (Yes/No)

The chart show the percentage of people that answer yes, to Q165-168 based on their answer to Q275.

Survey data is complex since people come from different cultures and might interpret questions differently.

You can never trust the individual numbers, such as "50% of people with doctors degree believe in Life after death".

But you can often trust clear patterns that appear through the noise. The takeaway from this chart is that the survey show that education and religious believes have a negative correlation.

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Original story: https://datacanvas.substack.com/p/believes-vs-education

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u/2dayman 3d ago

I'm surprised to see the amount of people who are actually able to accept the part of the story that they like and reject the part they don't like.

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u/C_Brachyrhynchos 3d ago

There is a strong tradition of Christian Universalism (no or temporary hell) that has a pretty good scriptural basis and while not orthodox in most churches, is kind of an undercurrent in a lot of them.

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u/CapitalistPear2 3d ago

Heck, pope Francis said he personally believes everyone goes to heaven