Comments on: Faith & Fertility http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Neil the Ethical Werewolf http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/comment-page-1/#comment-2522 Neil the Ethical Werewolf Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:21:06 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1847#comment-2522 If I were trying to come up with an instrumental explanation of why larger families would make people more religious, my first guess would be that some churches provide free or inexpensive child care. That'll strike a lot of poorer families as a very good deal. If I were trying to come up with an instrumental explanation of why larger families would make people more religious, my first guess would be that some churches provide free or inexpensive child care. That’ll strike a lot of poorer families as a very good deal.

]]> By: Jacob T. Levy http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/comment-page-1/#comment-2521 Jacob T. Levy Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:10:34 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1847#comment-2521 The Great Leap Forward. World population 1960, c. 3 billion The difference between a 2% growth rate and a 1.5% growth rate: 15 million in whatever combination of excess deaths and missing births. Great Leap Forward and associated famines killed around 30 million people 1959-60. The Great Leap Forward.

World population 1960, c. 3 billion

The difference between a 2% growth rate and a 1.5% growth rate: 15 million in whatever combination of excess deaths and missing births.

Great Leap Forward and associated famines killed around 30 million people 1959-60.

]]> By: Tim http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 Tim Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:03:05 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1847#comment-2520 Why did population growth take such a sharp dive right around 1960? Why did population growth take such a sharp dive right around 1960?

]]> By: razib http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/comment-page-1/#comment-2519 razib Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:35:59 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1847#comment-2519 p.s. russians are more religious and less fecund than they were 20 years ago. now, that is one point, but that's why a regression & correlation with p-values and what not would be nice. talk is cheap, at least in pixels. p.s. russians are more religious and less fecund than they were 20 years ago. now, that is one point, but that’s why a regression & correlation with p-values and what not would be nice. talk is cheap, at least in pixels.

]]> By: razib http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/07/faith-fertility/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 razib Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:34:39 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1847#comment-2518 i control-f'd for regression & correlation. i didn't get a hit, so i am not going to read all that text. my contribution: http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/11/post-christian-europe-part-ii.php a chart i made which plots birthrate vs. religion <i>between</i> european countries. yes, there is a trend <i>within</i> countries for the religious to be more fecund, but i predict that in south korea the inverse will be true (that is, the religious will be less fecund). the reason is simple: in south korea the urban educated are the most religious. i control-f’d for regression & correlation. i didn’t get a hit, so i am not going to read all that text. my contribution:
http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/11/post-christian-europe-part-ii.php

a chart i made which plots birthrate vs. religion between european countries. yes, there is a trend within countries for the religious to be more fecund, but i predict that in south korea the inverse will be true (that is, the religious will be less fecund). the reason is simple: in south korea the urban educated are the most religious.

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