NDLI: A Triangulated and Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Secularization, Religiosity, and Social Wellbeing

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Yu, Chong Ho Reimer, Danielle Lee, Anna Snijder, Jean Paul Lee, Hyun Seo
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	By comparing mainly religious America and secular Europe, several scholars (e.g. Harris, Paul, and Zuckerman) suggested a strong correlation between secularization (non-religiosity) and social well-being. The authors of this paper argue that the preceding thesis may be too simplistic and Western-centric. Without attempting to affirm any specific hypothesis, these authors employed exploratory data analysis and data visualization to unveil patterns found in worldwide data, including the 2013 United Nations Human Development Report, the 2014 Gallup’s Global Wellbeing Index, and the 2013 World Values Survey. It was found that the relationship between secularization and social well-being is not straightforward or clear-cut. In some cases, secularization or lack of religiosity is seemingly linked to better quality of life (e.g. disbelief and inequality-adjusted human development index), while in other cases, the relationship is reversed (e.g. skepticism and adolescent birth rate). In most situations there is no association at all.
Starting Page	1103
Ending Page	1119
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03038300
Journal	Social Indicators Research
Volume Number	131
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15730921
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-04-16
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Wellbeing Secularization Religiosity Human development index Gallup Global Wellbeing World Value Survey Thriving Exploratory data analysis Data visualization Sociology Quality of Life Research Microeconomics Public Health Human Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Arts and Humanities Developmental and Educational Psychology

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Subjective Quality of Life in Zhuhai City, South China: A Public Survey Using the International Wellbeing Index

Measuring and Analysing the Wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous Population

The Subjective Wellbeing of Indigenous Australian Adolescents: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children

Personal Well-being in Urban China

The Subjective Wellbeing of High-School Students: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index—School Children

Multidimensional Wellbeing: An Index of Quality of Life in a Developing Economy

An Economic Wellbeing Index for the Spanish Provinces: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults

Quality of Life in Macau, China

A Triangulated and Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Secularization, Religiosity, and Social Wellbeing

Similar Documents

Subjective Quality of Life in Zhuhai City, South China: A Public Survey Using the International Wellbeing Index

Measuring and Analysing the Wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous Population

The Subjective Wellbeing of Indigenous Australian Adolescents: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index-School Children

Personal Well-being in Urban China

The Subjective Wellbeing of High-School Students: Validating the Personal Wellbeing Index—School Children

Multidimensional Wellbeing: An Index of Quality of Life in a Developing Economy

An Economic Wellbeing Index for the Spanish Provinces: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults

Quality of Life in Macau, China

A Triangulated and Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Secularization, Religiosity, and Social Wellbeing