In assuming all respondents have a religion, the framing of the question produces acquiescence bias that inflates data — by as much as 11 points, according to a number of surveys — in favour of religious affiliation.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Who the fuck is promoting this except for Christian evangelicals? I can't see how this would benefit active else...

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Regrettably, the ABS backed down following a media campaign by the Catholic hierarchy — who wanted to keep the question as it was, to ensure comparable data with past Censuses

I do wonder what the problem is when there's a 'No religion' option, though.

[–] cummytummy@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Just my opinion but I think it could be used as a mechanism to eventually remove tax exempt status for churches. “Look at the outsize influence they have in politics while only 20% identifies as Christian” or something like that.

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