[OC] Wie die Ablehnung von Homosexualität und Religion korrelieren
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[OC] Wie die Ablehnung von Homosexualität und Religion korrelieren
Von oscarleo0
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Data sources:
– [How important religion is to people in life (OWID)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-religion-is-in-your-life)
– [Share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified (OWID)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-people-who-think-homosexuality-is-never-justified)
Tools used: Matplotlib
I wanted to create a scatterplot showing how rejection of homosexuality and the importance of religion correlate. I added the quadrants to make the pattern clearer.
Note about the data: The years represent the end date for the survey. The survey that ended in 2022, for example, started in 2017.
Some patterns:
1. All countries in the „Low Religion / Low Acceptance“ quadrants are either Asian or have a strong historic connection to the Soviet Union.
2. At the very bottom right are the countries where religion plays the most important role and where homosexuality is rejected by almost everyone. These are often Muslim countries or Christian countries in Africa.
3. It’s clear that „Low Religion / High Acceptance“ and „High Religion / Low Acceptance“ outnumbers the other two quadrants.
If you want more charts and analysis on the topic, I wrote a post about it here: [https://datacanvas.substack.com/p/religion-and-homosexuality](https://datacanvas.substack.com/p/religion-and-homosexuality)
Appreciate any feedback I can get 🙂
China truly a league of their own
I spent too much time trying to figure out the axis and their directions.
The text needs to be a lot bigger and with more contrast. Try previewing this on a phone, and see whether you beautifully reach the conclusion the data indicate.
My understanding is Japan’s religious population numbers are quite skewed, in that it’s quite difficult to measure compared to western countries. Most people practise some form of Shinto beliefs but don’t consider themselves to actually be religious for example.
Just thought it would be interesting to point out given it’s one of the lowest countries in the religiousness scale of the graph