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[[File:Georgetown 2.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[atheism|atheist]] household in the [[United States]] remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]
[[File:Georgetown 2.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[atheism|atheist]] household in the [[United States]] remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref>]]
A '''second generation atheist''' is one born and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]]. The term second generation atheist is used by atheists.<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref>.
A '''second generation atheist''' is one born and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]]. The term second generation atheist is used by atheists.<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref>.
In many secular countries intelligence is falling, while in many religious countries intelligence is increasing. See: [[Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries]]
[[Secular Europe]]'s economic/societal decline and the [[Soviet Union]]'s collapse offer excellent examples that atheistic households often produce progeny of lower quality than Christian households all other things remaining equal. Furthermore, atheistic households have a greater propensity to domestic violence and other ill-behavior (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).
[[Secular Europe]]'s economic/societal decline and the [[Soviet Union]]'s collapse offer excellent examples that atheistic households often produce progeny of lower quality than Christian households all other things remaining equal. Furthermore, atheistic households have a greater propensity to domestic violence and other ill-behavior (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).