I'm new here (came here from a Deseret News article), but what does "no longer LDS" mean in this context? Does it mean formally withdrawing membership from the church's records or does it mean considering oneself LDS? Just not familiar with the metrics used here. Cool data though! I subscribed.
Hi! Great question. Still LDS means the survey respondent said they were raised LDS and still identify that way. Disaffiliated or "no longer LDS" means they said they were raised LDS, but now identify with a different religion or no religion. This is data from a long running US national survey called the GSS. Let me know if you have any other questions 🙂
Okay, that is super interesting. But it makes me sad, dang it! My worldview! Haha, I'm born, raised, and currently living on the West Coast but went to BYU for school. There's sometimes a certain snobbery from LDS Enclave saints that we're not as virtuous or useful to the church as they are. And here's data to back up those claims! I can't deny I've wished the church would just straight-up organize cloistered LDS communities, haha. But I've always told myself that being somewhere where LDS is not the default is meaningful.
I once had a former Young Men's president say to me how grateful and relieved he was that he was able to move back to Utah before any of his kids reached high school (the high school myself and all my siblings went to). Boy did that hurt. I know, one data point a trend does not make, but here's data backing him up! I had no idea anyone was looking at this stuff and, despite how it may sound, I actually think what you're doing is awesome!
I think later on this year I plan to look at differences between Utah LDS and Non-Utah LDS. Are there differences there? In spiritual habits or beliefs? Political views? Other stuff?
It seems so many people have opinion on the differences, so I wonder what I can find.
I'm new here (came here from a Deseret News article), but what does "no longer LDS" mean in this context? Does it mean formally withdrawing membership from the church's records or does it mean considering oneself LDS? Just not familiar with the metrics used here. Cool data though! I subscribed.
Hi! Great question. Still LDS means the survey respondent said they were raised LDS and still identify that way. Disaffiliated or "no longer LDS" means they said they were raised LDS, but now identify with a different religion or no religion. This is data from a long running US national survey called the GSS. Let me know if you have any other questions 🙂
Okay, that is super interesting. But it makes me sad, dang it! My worldview! Haha, I'm born, raised, and currently living on the West Coast but went to BYU for school. There's sometimes a certain snobbery from LDS Enclave saints that we're not as virtuous or useful to the church as they are. And here's data to back up those claims! I can't deny I've wished the church would just straight-up organize cloistered LDS communities, haha. But I've always told myself that being somewhere where LDS is not the default is meaningful.
I once had a former Young Men's president say to me how grateful and relieved he was that he was able to move back to Utah before any of his kids reached high school (the high school myself and all my siblings went to). Boy did that hurt. I know, one data point a trend does not make, but here's data backing him up! I had no idea anyone was looking at this stuff and, despite how it may sound, I actually think what you're doing is awesome!
I think later on this year I plan to look at differences between Utah LDS and Non-Utah LDS. Are there differences there? In spiritual habits or beliefs? Political views? Other stuff?
It seems so many people have opinion on the differences, so I wonder what I can find.