Secularization in Europe

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

Do two independent surveys agree on where European religious attendance fell?

The data

• World Values Survey and EVSYears: 1981-2023 (7 unified waves)
• European Social SurveyYears: 2002-2023 (rounds 1 to 11; round 11 was fielded in 2023 and 2024)

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The scope

Countries Estimates are made among respondents within each country and then compared across countries, so results describe countries, not the people in them.

The chapter sits in Part IX, Religion and morality, ideology, values and religion. Its unit of analysis is countries. See how the book treats evidence.