ReligionGDP {Stat2Data}

Religion and GDP for Countries

Description

Data on religiosity of countries from the Pew Global Attitudes Project

Format

A dataset with 44 observations on the following 9 variables.

Country	Name of country
Religiosity	A measure of degree of religiosity for residents of the country
GDP	Per capita Gross Domestic Product in the country
Africa	Indicator for countries in Africa
EastEurope	Indicator for countries in Eastern Europe
MiddleEast	Indicator for countries in the Middle East
Asia	Indicator for countries in Asia
WestEurope	Indicator for countries in Western Europe
Americas	Indicator for countries in North/South America

Details

The Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project surveyed people around the world and asked (among many other questions) whether they agreed that "belief in God is necessary for morality," whether religion is very important in their lives, and whether they pray at least once per day. The variable Religiosity is the sum of the percentage of positive responses on these three items, measured in each of 44 countries. The dataset also includes the per capita GDP for each country and indicator variables that record the part of the world the country is in.

Source

Data from the 2007 Spring Survey conducted through the Pew Global Attitudes Project at http://www.pewglobal.org.