Religious and Secular Bachelors

Religious and Secular Bachelors

Student Researchers: Alex Trinh, Alexis Sucher, and Matthew Small

ReligiosityDefined as the percentage of a

population that considers religion to be important in their

lives.

Independent Variables• Median family income• Percent voted democratic in 2012• Number of people per church• Acquisition rate of Bachelor’s Degrees• Divorce Rate• Total immigrant population• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)• Percent of population living in urban areas• Education spending per student by state• Number of private schools

Fig. 1: The inverse relationship between Bachelor’s Degree acquisitions on religion

Fig. 2: The inverse relationship of education spending per student on religion

Fig. 3: The simultaneous rise and fall action of four variables

Percent religious, Percent democratic, Percent having Bachelor’s Degrees, Divorce rate

Table 2

Found Statistically Significant• Percentage of the population aged

25 or older having bachelor’s degrees, GDP per capita, total immigrant population, and education spending per student.

• Bachelor’s Degree acquisitions may have been inversely related to religion because of time being spent differently (religious functions vs. studying)

• Education spending may have been found to be inversely related to religion because of the available access to more information