The changing demographics of Christianity in recent times - What does it all really mean?

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The question in the 2018 census was asked in an open ended manner. Participants were asked to indicate their religion in a blank space and given ample room to describe their faith. Check out page 71.

https://www.stats.govt.nz/assets/Reports/2018-census-design-of-forms/2018-Census-Design-of-forms.pdf

For more detailed results check out:

Religion in New Zealand - Wikipedia

Sounds quite a bit different from the Canadian census question - which has been a bit controversial here:

What is this person's religion?

Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group.

There's a "no religion" option, but the phrasing of the question seems to have led to an under-reporting of non-religious people in Canada.

This makes me wonder how much the apparent differences in religiosity from country to country are a result of differences in the questions being asked.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I think one of the reasons for a decline particularly in 'Western' societies is because children are not being told anything about God. Two of my daughter's are atheists and they have children, they tell me that they must make their own choice as to whether or not to believe in God. However, whilst they teach them about dinosaurs and evolution they tell them nothing about the possibility of a creator so how can they ever make a choice.

Did your daughters become atheists because you didn't tell them about God?

Seems like you're talking more about an effect than a cause.