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Actually, a separate comment reminded me about excommunication statistics within the LDS. Divorced members of my local LDS church usually left the church soon
by Prickle 3y ago
Actually, a separate comment reminded me about excommunication statistics within the LDS.
Divorced members of my local LDS church usually left the church soon after.
So you would likely end up with some level of bias based on whether the questions asked of past religious affiliation. (ie: does it sufficiently include former members)
For example, Pew Research's questions do not ask about past affiliation.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.relig...
Here is a very old article based on data from 1999 which shows the LDS' divorce statistics are not very different from other Christian denominations. It includes a list of citations at the bottom of the page.
Hopefully this a bit more constructive than the previous thread.