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This talk by Hans Rosling makes a pretty reasonable case for decoupling the notion of religion and birth rates. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_r
by jbrechtel 14y ago
This talk by Hans Rosling makes a pretty reasonable case for decoupling the notion of religion and birth rates.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_...
- genwin 14y agoDoes he explain away the correlation in Utah? It seemed a safe bet that Utah has the US's highest birth rate, given Mormonism there. A search confirmed it. (Sorry I'm lazy on video sources.)
- jbrechtel 14y agoNo he doesn't mention it from what I recall. The data discussed is broader (and more longitudinal) than that trend. Personally I'd guess the birth rate there is a direct result of the church's push for more children, but I don't really know.