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A three-state dynamical model for religious affiliation

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  • McCartney, Mark
  • Glass, David H.

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In the last century the western world has seen a rapid increase in the number of people describing themselves as affiliated with no religious group. We construct a set of models using coupled differential equations in which members of a society can be in one of three groups; religiously committed, religiously affiliated or religiously not affiliated. These models are then used to analyse post World War II census data for Northern Ireland.

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  • McCartney, Mark & Glass, David H., 2015. "A three-state dynamical model for religious affiliation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 419(C), pages 145-152.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:419:y:2015:i:c:p:145-152
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.09.052
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