Is Atheism Only for the Upper Class? Socioeconomic Differences Among the Religiously Unaffiliated

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36. Obviously

All the "nones" need to mark atheist on the next census if they want a better chance of making more $$$

If im not mistaken, there has been a connection between economic success and religiosity for a long time, what I found new about this article is that there is now research showing connection between higher education and atheism might be incorrect.

Guess it goes back to the correlation does not mean causation warning they gave us time and time again. Higher socio-economic status leads to a increase in both secularism as well as going to college apparently.

Still, it surprises me because I have read many "de-conversion" stories where the person says it was by studying history, astronomy, biology, or even comparative religions that they lost faith. So I would figure that there would be a small influence. But I guess not.

PS:

Im curious what the American Values study means by Secular unaffiliated. What is the difference between a secular and an agnostic atheist or an unattached believer?

If they don't believe in any gods they would be agnostic atheists, if they believed in any god(s) they would either be agnostic believers/unattached believers.

The third category is confusing.