What Are the Most Atheistic Societies?

Isabella Kasselstrand

What Are the Most Atheistic Societies?

Sociology

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Abstract

This chapter uses data from the World Values Survey, the European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Program to identify the most atheistic societies in the world. This is accomplished by examining levels of (1) self-defined atheism and (2) nonbelief in God. The chapter also explains how these measures differ at the cross-national scale.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Atheism in 5 Minutes
Editors	Teemu Taira
Publisher	Equinox Publishing
Chapter	22
Pages	85-87
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800502383
ISBN (Print)	9781800502369, 9781800502376
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2022

Publication series

Name	Religion in 5 minutes
Publisher	Equinox Publishing

Keywords

atheism
atheist
agnostic
agnosticism
religious belief
religious practice
non-religion
beliefs

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