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. 2019 Sep 6;10:2010. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02010

TABLE 8.

Religious beliefs.

Religion Total possible matches Conversations Effective matches Conversation probability % EMR %
Both Catholic 7,000,149 49,750 11,960 0.71 0.17

Male Catholic, Female not 37,098,926 183,370 41,955 0.49 0.11

Female Catholic, Male not 43,902,466 218,159 50,334 0.50 0.11

Catholic vs. non-Catholic 81,001,392 401,529 92,289 0.50 0.11

Both Christian 8,558,535 69,302 17,231 0.81 0.20

Male Christian, Female not 32,553,015 160,043 37,282 0.49 0.11

Female Christian, Male not 47,126,801 232,754 54,875 0.49 0.12

Christian vs. non-Christian 79,679,816 392,797 92,157 0.49 0.12

Both Hindu 327,911 7,172 1,988 2.19 0.61

Male Hindu, Female not 4,234,491 16,401 4,471 0.39 0.11

Female Hindu, Male not 3,968,157 20,874 5,413 0.53 0.14

Hindu vs. non-Hindu 8,202,648 37,275 9,884 0.45 0.12

Both Jewish 8,026,793 83,604 24,237 1.04 0.30

Male Jewish, Female not 31,322,221 136,600 34,314 0.44 0.11

Female Jewish, Male not 37,413,003 151,240 34,261 0.40 0.09

Jewish vs. non-Jewish 68,735,224 287,840 68,575 0.42 0.10

Both Muslim 3,741 138 35 3.69 0.94

Male Muslim, Female not 890,443 3,511 805 0.39 0.09

Female Muslim, Male not 738,226 3,437 788 0.47 0.11

Muslim vs. non-Muslim 1,628,669 6,948 1,593 0.43 0.10

Both Spiritual 1,501,120 11,747 3,817 0.78 0.25

Male Spiritual, Female not 15,831,114 81,991 22,144 0.52 0.14

Female Spiritual, Male not 19,681,091 116,478 32,240 0.59 0.16

Spiritual vs. non-Spiritual 35,512,205 198,469 54,384 0.56 0.15

Both Agnostic 1,630,120 10,169 2,977 0.62 0.18

Male Agonistic, Female not 25,140,010 117,015 30,036 0.47 0.12

Female Agonistic, Male not 16,474,358 83,530 21,388 0.51 0.13

Agnostic vs. non-Agnostic 41,614,368 200,545 51,424 0.48 0.12

Both Atheist 567,176 3,937 999 0.69 0.18

Male Atheist, Female not 16,927,835 76,374 17,883 0.45 0.11

Female Atheist, Male not 7,934,231 37,146 8,889 0.47 0.11

Atheist vs. non-Atheist 24,862,066 113,520 26,772 0.46 0.11

Both Other 368,060 2,084 566 0.57 0.15

Male Other, Female not 13,950,519 70,846 17,183 0.51 0.12

Female Other, Male not 7,728,977 38,670 10,011 0.50 0.13

Other vs. non-Other 21,679,496 109,516 27,194 0.51 0.13

Total same choice 21,427,114 185,449 48,645 0.87% 0.23%

Total difference choice 400,175,176 1,962,256 459,933 0.49% 0.11%