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ABS decision to reuse biased, coercive Census religion question puts human rights in the spotlight (johnmenadue.com)

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In assuming all respondents have a religion, the framing of the question produces acquiescence bias that inflates data — by as much as 11 points, according to a number of surveys — in favour of religious affiliation.

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[–] cummytummy@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Just my opinion but I think it could be used as a mechanism to eventually remove tax exempt status for churches. “Look at the outsize influence they have in politics while only 20% identifies as Christian” or something like that.