The Religious Gender Gap within Dutch Relationships: Explaining the Persistent Religious Gender Gap in the Netherlands Using a Multifactorial Approach

Like other Western countries, in the Netherlands women continue to demonstrate higher levels of religiosity than men. In this article, we set out to explain this Dutch religious gender gap regarding belief in God, prayer and church attendance. Using high quality survey data (LISS 2015), a comprehens...

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Published in:Journal of empirical theology
Authors: Kregting, Joris (Author) ; Hermans, C. A. M. 1955- (Author) ; Scheepers, Peer 1958- (Author) ; Vermeer, Paul 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of empirical theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Netherlands / Religiosity / Sex difference / Pair relationship
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
KBD Benelux countries
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B The Netherlands
B sociological and psychological explanations
B Relationships
B Secularization
B Religious gender gap
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Summary:Like other Western countries, in the Netherlands women continue to demonstrate higher levels of religiosity than men. In this article, we set out to explain this Dutch religious gender gap regarding belief in God, prayer and church attendance. Using high quality survey data (LISS 2015), a comprehensive model is built combining social and psychological differences between Dutch men and women. These gender differences are operationalized where they are most strongly experienced, i.e. within personal relationships. We find that the gender gaps within Dutch relationships regarding belief in God and prayer can be explained by gendered religious socialization and gendered mental health dependency—and for belief in God additionally by the gendered level of agreeableness. For the gender gap regarding church attendance, gendered religious socialization explains the religious gender gap.
ISSN:1570-9256
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341379