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Religion and Education Around the World
Muslims and Hindus have made the largest gains in educational attainment over decades
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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