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Pew Research CenterDecember 7, 2016
Religion and Education Around the World

Three groups – Christians, Jews and the unaffiliated – have seen reversals of the gender gap in higher education

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Religion and Education Around the World
Jews have the highest number of years of schooling
In United States, religious minorities more likely to have college degrees than Christian majority
Countries with data on religion and educational attainment
In sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim-Christian schooling gap has widened across generations
Three groups – Christians, Jews and the unaffiliated – have seen reversals of the gender gap in higher education
Muslims and Hindus have the largest gender gaps in shares with no formal schooling, but the gaps are decreasing
Muslims and Hindus have made the largest gains in shares with at least some schooling
Women, across three generations, have gained more years of schooling than men
Muslims and Hindus have made the largest gains in educational attainment over decades
The most highly education religious groups have the smallest gender gaps in average years of schooling
Three groups – Christians, Jews and the unaffiliated – have seen reversals of the gender gap in higher education

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