Religious Context Matters: Exploring the Relationship Between Religious Context and Underage Alcohol Consumption

Previous research has demonstrated that individual religious beliefs and practices may reduce the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption, but less is known about how the overall religious cultural influence of a religion may influence individual alcohol consumption behaviors. Using multilevel an...

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Authors: Nie, Fanhao (Author) ; Olson, Daniel V. 1953- (Author) ; Yang, Xiaozhao Yousef (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications [2018]
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2018, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 199-222
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Catholicism / Evangelical movement / Teenagers / Alcohol consumption
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Deviance
B Health
B youth development
B Religious Context
B Culture
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:Previous research has demonstrated that individual religious beliefs and practices may reduce the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption, but less is known about how the overall religious cultural influence of a religion may influence individual alcohol consumption behaviors. Using multilevel analyses on two waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion merged with county-level variables from the U.S. Census and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study, we find that a county's higher Catholic population share leads to more frequent underage drunkenness even after controlling for a wide range of individual and county-level variables. Contrary to other studies' findings discovered at individual level, a greater population share of conservative Protestants is also linked with higher level of underage drunkenness. This study highlights the importance of viewing religious influence on health behaviors as a contextual, cultural force.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-017-0320-7