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Certainly any stastitics are flaws and problematic in one way or another. I find it interesting the study was conducted on those age 15 and older. I wonder why that age specifically was used as the cut off, though I'm glad it wasn't limited to those 18 and older. I think it would have been interesting if they had broken it down by provinces as well.
I suspect (though I have no way to prove this) that the study (conducted in 2002) was in part done because of the same-sex marriage debate. Others thoughts?
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/02/religion-statistics060502.html
Less than a third of adults attend a religious service every month, but about half do something religious, says a study that suggests Canadians are more devout than is often assumed. About 32 per cent of adults attend a service at least once a month, according to the Statistics Canada study Who's Religious?, released Tuesday. But about 21 per cent of the people who were surveyed said they carried out some religious practice – such as praying or meditating – in private. "Certainly, religious attendance rates between the late 1940s and late 1990s have declined significantly, while the percentage of people reporting no religious affiliation has increased," analysts Warren Clark and Grant Schellenberg wrote in the agency's Canadian Social Trends publication. "But many of us apparently prefer to engage in some religious practices in the privacy of our own home, rather than in public," a release about the report said. ( Read more... )
I suspect (though I have no way to prove this) that the study (conducted in 2002) was in part done because of the same-sex marriage debate. Others thoughts?
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/02/religion-statistics060502.html
Less than a third of adults attend a religious service every month, but about half do something religious, says a study that suggests Canadians are more devout than is often assumed. About 32 per cent of adults attend a service at least once a month, according to the Statistics Canada study Who's Religious?, released Tuesday. But about 21 per cent of the people who were surveyed said they carried out some religious practice – such as praying or meditating – in private. "Certainly, religious attendance rates between the late 1940s and late 1990s have declined significantly, while the percentage of people reporting no religious affiliation has increased," analysts Warren Clark and Grant Schellenberg wrote in the agency's Canadian Social Trends publication. "But many of us apparently prefer to engage in some religious practices in the privacy of our own home, rather than in public," a release about the report said. ( Read more... )
