I would find this surprising... in much of the West, it seems to be the wealthy & highly educated who are more irreligious (ex. [0]). Churches, rather than some

I would find this surprising... in much of the West, it seems to be the wealthy & highly educated who are more irreligious (ex. [0]). Churches, rather than something one is privileged to attend, tend to serve as a social safety net for those in poverty, and allow savings by eg. promoting those in the congregation to help each other with tasks like childcare. The ability to disconnect from religious communities and still be financially/socially healthy tends to be an indicator of higher personal wealth. Caveat that I'm mostly talking about generic Christianity, for numbers & personal experience reasons - Judaism, for instance, has a strong positive correlation with wealth. [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-varies-among-u-s-religious-groups/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/11/how-income-... EDIT: also, in my experience, "child care" isn't at all an limiting issue with attending services. At Catholic masses, even small infants are very welcomed.