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The higher rate of fertility rate of religious conservatives and the sub-replacement fertility rate of the irreligious and [[liberal Christianity]] is another source of desecularization (see: [[Fertility rates and desecularization]]).
The higher rate of fertility rate of religious conservatives and the sub-replacement fertility rate of the irreligious and [[liberal Christianity]] is another source of desecularization (see: [[Fertility rates and desecularization]]).
== Economic duress/instability ==
A Pew Forum study and other studies found an inverse relationship between societal wealth/stability and religiosity (Of course, if a country has a significant amount of religious freedom like the United States, it is certainly possible for a country to have significant societal wealth and religiosity).<ref>[http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/world-publics-welcome-global-trade-but-not-immigration/ Pew Forum - wealth and religiosity]</ref><ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/05/economics-and-darwinismatheism.html Economics and atheism/Darwinism]</ref>
Many developed countries in [[secular Europe]] have aging populations and increasing sovereign debt which could cause economic problems in the future (see: [[Eurozone Crisis]]).
== Legal and illegal immigration of religious to secular Europe ==
== Legal and illegal immigration of religious to secular Europe ==