Mapping God & Coin Inwards Novel Zealand

The New Zealand Herald has mapped religious belief in addition to the Deprivation Index inward each New Zealand neighborhood inward gild to decide if at that spot is whatever correlation betwixt prosperity in addition to a belief inward God.

The God in addition to Money map shows the percent of residents who indicted that they had no organized religious belief inward the 2013 census. If you lot mouse-over a census tract on the map you lot tin forcefulness out persuasion the percent of people who said they had 'no religion' in addition to the percentages who indicated a belief for each of the top dog religions. When you lot mouse-over a census tract you lot tin forcefulness out every bit good persuasion the area's Deprivation Index score.

The Herald claims that at that spot is a correlation betwixt coin in addition to a belief inward God. They debate that the maps shows that 'religious New Zealanders alive mainly inward misfortunate suburbs, amongst rich Kiwis increasingly turning their backs on God in addition to religion'.