Có Bao Nhiêu Người Không Tín Ngưỡng? Giải Thích Những Khác Biệt Trong Các Ước Tính Khảo Sát

Review of Religious Research - Tập 62 - Trang 173-190 - 2020
Ryan P. Burge1
1Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, USA

Tóm tắt

Trong khi gần đây có rất nhiều sự chú ý của truyền thông về sự gia tăng của những người không có liên kết tôn giáo (còn được gọi là “nones”), vẫn có một vấn đề tiềm ẩn đối với dòng nghiên cứu này: các khảo sát khác nhau đưa ra những kết luận hoàn toàn khác nhau về số lượng người không tín ngưỡng thực sự tồn tại ở Hoa Kỳ. Sử dụng Khảo sát Xã hội tổng quát (GSS) và Nghiên cứu Bầu cử Quốc hội Hợp tác (CCES), công trình này chi tiết cách mà mỗi công cụ này đo lường liên kết tôn giáo theo những cách khác nhau và làm thế nào điều đó dẫn đến một ước tính số lượng người không tín ngưỡng chênh lệch hơn 8% vào năm 2018. Phân tích thống kê cho thấy GSS có tỷ lệ lớn hơn nhiều những người Tin Lành không bao giờ tham dự nhà thờ so với CCES. Thêm vào đó, mẫu phụ Tin Lành trong CCES có nhiều người theo Đảng Cộng hòa hơn, trong khi những người không tín ngưỡng trong GSS thiên về cánh tả của phổ chính trị hơn so với những người không tín ngưỡng trong CCES. Một số lời khuyên và sự thận trọng được đưa ra cho các nhà nghiên cứu quan tâm đến việc nghiên cứu những người không có tín ngưỡng tôn giáo trong hai khảo sát này.

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#tín ngưỡng #khảo sát xã hội #người không tín ngưỡng #GSS #CCES

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