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ArticleScientific reports2025

Community participation in secular and religious contexts across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries.

Ying Chen, Brendan W Case, Katelyn N G Long, Robert D Woodberry, Eric S Kim, R Noah Padgett, Byron R Johnson, Tyler J VanderWeele

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Ying ChenHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. yic867@mail.harvard.edu.
Brendan W CaseHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Katelyn N G LongHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Robert D WoodberryInstitute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Eric S KimHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
R Noah PadgettHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Byron R JohnsonHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tyler J VanderWeeleHuman Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an increasingly fragmented and isolated world, community participation remains an essential source of social connection. However, how community participation varies across countries and sociodemographic groups remains unclear. Using data from 202,898 adults across 22 countries, we examined participation in both secular and religious communities across sociodemographic groups. There was substantial cross-national variation in participation rates for both secular and religious communities. On average across countries, younger, male, single, and more educated people were more likely to participate weekly

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Community ParticipationReligionAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSocial ParticipationSociodemographic FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultCross-nationalGlobal flourishing studyReligious communitiesSecular communitiesSocial participationSociodemographic variation

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PMID41214028
PMCPMC12603238

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