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Table 1 Demographic data separated by participant religiosity in Study 1

	Atheist/none	Agnostic	Christian	Total
	(N = 32)	(N = 17)	(N = 10)	(N = 60)
Gender
% Female	56.3	52.9	70	56.7
% Male	43.8	47.1	30	43.3
Age
M (SD)	27.8 (8.6)	25.6 (6.9)	23.8 (2.7)	26.5 (7.4)
Education
% Some HS	0	0	0	0
% Completed HS	3.1	11.8	30	11.7
% Some uni	50	52.9	40	48.3
% Bachelor	18.8	29.4	20	21.7
% Master	21.9	5.9	10	15
% Some doctoral	6.3	0	0	3.3
% PhD	0	0	0	0

Gender, age, and education of participants identifying as atheist/none, agnostic (agnostic, has not decided, or believe in higher powers but no organized religion) or Christian (all religious participants in this study were Christians). One participant chose “other” on the religious affiliation question and is included in the total column
HS high school, uni university

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