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Table 7 Demographic data separated by participant religiosity in Study 4

	Atheist/None	Agnostic	Christian	Total
	(N = 85)	(N = 108)	(N = 246)	(N = 470)
Gender
% Female	55.3	46.3	54.9	52.6
% Male	41.2	51.9	44.7	46.2
% Other	3.5	1.9	0.4	1.3
Age
M (SD)	32.71 (11.0)	29.1 (9.6)	30.4 (9.6)	30.7 (10.2)
Education
% Some HS	3.5	0	0.4	0.9
% Completed HS	10.6	17.6	10.2	11.9
% Some uni	27.1	36.1	24.8	27.7
% Bachelor	40	32.4	45.5	41.1
% Master	12.9	11.1	16.7	15.5
% Some doctoral	1.2	0	0.4	0.4
% PhD	4.7	2.8	2	2.6
Ideology
% Conservative	17.6	19.4	47.2	33.4
% Moderate	21.2	30.6	39.4	33
% Liberal	61.2	50	13.4	33.6

Gender and age of participants identifying as atheist/none, agnostic (agnostic, has not decided, or believe in higher powers but no organized religion), or Christian. Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh participants (N = 24), as well as participants who chose “other” on the religious affiliation question (N = 7), are included in the total column
HS high school, uni university

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