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In reply to the discussion: Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)"Secular" are a bit above the average educational level and income; some religious groups, eg Anglicans or Jews, are further above on both.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/05/15/magazine/15-Leonhardt.html?ref=magazine
Full tables that are the source for that here: http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf (p.78 onwards for income, p.84 onwards for education)
If 'atheists' are broken out from 'secular', they are 42% college graduate, 43% above $75 income. Which puts them very close to Presbyterians, and on the general trend line.
Education (<HS HS_grad some_coll grad post-grad):
Presbyterian 8 28 24 22 18
Atheist 8 28 23 21 21
Income (<30 30-50 50-75 75-100 >100)
Presbyterian 21 19 18 16 26
Atheist 21 20 16 15 28
We don't get threads about Presbyterians being 'bourgeois', of course, let alone Anglicans or religious Jews.