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Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates

Ffschmidt •
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Christian vs non-Christian illegitimacy rates me: Please break down the percent of modern humanity that live in nations with an illegitimacy rate over 10% by Christian (including formerly Christian but now secular) countries versus non-Christian countries. Claude: Good question. Let me reason through this carefully using what we already know plus some population figures. Christian / Post-Christian world (over 10%): Pretty much the entire Christian and formerly-Christian world qualifies here: Western Europe (450 million): 30–70% illegitimacy across the board Eastern Europe (300 million): Mixed, 13–48%, but mostly over 10% USA/Canada (380 million): 40% and 29% respectively Latin America (670 million): 40–87% across the board Sub-Saharan Africa (1.2 billion): Predominantly Christian south/central Africa, high rates throughout Australia/NZ (35 million): 40% Philippines (115 million): 52% That's roughly 3.1–3.2 billion people, and essentially all of them are in over-10% territory. The Christian world has almost no exceptions remaining — Greece being the lone marginal case at 9.7%. Non-Christian world (over 10%): This is where it gets more nuanced. Most of the non-Christian world is under 10%, but there are exceptions: Parts of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar — Buddhist, trending upward but data sparse) Some smaller populations These are harder to quantify but relatively small — perhaps 100–200 million in non-Christian countries over 10%. --- The summary estimate: | Category | Population over 10% | T…

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MWMary Wilson •
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Do you think, Christianity's emphasis on gender equality and woman's liberation may be causing it as well, but I don't know, just a wild claim.

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