A Cross-National Test of the Uncertainty Hypothesis Religious Belief

Better health will tend to be associated with more disbelief in God.

The assessment of health was done by looking at pathogen load.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Regression Analysis	Supported	p < 0.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with sex taboos during pregnancy will tend to lack a high god (285, 426).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barber, Nigel	2011	Economic development will tend to be associated with more disbelief in God.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barber, Nigel	2011	Economic security will tend to be associated with more disbelief in God.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Barber, Nigel	2012	Health security will tend to be associated with less religiosity.	Partially Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
McArdle, Joan L.	1981	In societies where there is no belief in a single authoritarian god, there is an association between respect for the elderly and their socially valued activities (320).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author