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Table 2 Membership by denomination, period, and cohort

From: Family Structure, Market Competition and Local Culture: The Mechanisms of Religious mobility beyond Christianity

 

Total

Period

Cohort

1999

2004

2009

≤ 1944

1945–1970

1971–1986

≥ 1986

Religious affiliation (%)

 No Religion

15.72

13.61

20.73

12.92

11.15

12.52

23.89

31.82

 Buddhism

23.30

26.29

23.92

19.72

26.81

26.13

16.77

5.30

 Daoism

13.81

12.73

15.26

13.49

9.88

14.46

14.90

14.39

 Christianity

5.49

7.22

3.77

5.45

5.05

6.17

4.32

6.06

 Other religions

41.67

40.16

36.31

48.42

47.11

40.72

40.12

42.42

Father’s religious affiliation

 No Religion

9.30

8.62

11.11

8.20

7.05

8.30

12.31

15.15

 Buddhism

21.59

26.23

22.49

16.09

23.45

22.16

20.16

11.36

 Daoism

19.55

19.84

20.68

18.16

12.41

20.41

22.49

17.42

 Christianity

4.33

6.70

2.60

3.63

2.31

5.34

3.46

4.55

 Other religions

45.23

38.60

43.12

53.92

54.78

43.80

41.58

51.52

Mother’s religious affiliation

 No Religion

6.37

5.66

7.76

5.71

6.41

5.09

8.72

9.85

 Buddhism

24.05

28.99

25.31

17.90

25.34

24.73

23.02

10.61

 Daoism

19.47

19.69

20.73

18.01

12.20

20.53

21.89

18.94

 Christianity

4.71

6.96

2.98

4.15

2.21

5.79

3.79

7.58

 Other religions

45.40

38.70

43.22

54.23

53.84

43.87

42.58

53.03