Workforce Participation and Sex Differences in Church Attendance

This paper examines the thesis that the lower participation of women in the workforce (cf. men) helps explain their greater commitment to institutional religion in America. (exemplified by their more regular church attendance). Using NORC data from 1972-80 this thesis is rejected. Rather it is the l...

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Main Author: de Vaus, David A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1984
In: Review of religious research
Year: 1984, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-256
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Summary:This paper examines the thesis that the lower participation of women in the workforce (cf. men) helps explain their greater commitment to institutional religion in America. (exemplified by their more regular church attendance). Using NORC data from 1972-80 this thesis is rejected. Rather it is the low church attendance of men not in the full time labor force that helps accentuate the sex related differences in church attendance.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3511122