Parental Divorce and Adult Religiosity: Evidence from the General Social Survey

This study explores the relationship between parental divorce and religiosity, including religious affiliation change and church attendance. Data from the 1991, 1998, and 2008 waves of the General Social Survey provide information both on current religiosity and religiosity in respondents’ families...

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Publié dans:Review of religious research
Auteurs: Lau, Hsien-Hsien (Auteur) ; Wolfinger, Nicholas H. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer 2011
Dans: Review of religious research
Année: 2011, Volume: 53, Numéro: 1, Pages: 85-103
Sujets non-standardisés:B Parental divorce
B General Social Survey
B religious switching
B Quantitative
B Religiosity
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:This study explores the relationship between parental divorce and religiosity, including religious affiliation change and church attendance. Data from the 1991, 1998, and 2008 waves of the General Social Survey provide information both on current religiosity and religiosity in respondents’ families of origin. The results suggest that living with a single divorced parent—but not a remarried or widowed parent—increases church attendance and the odds of a change in religious affiliation. Catholics and Protestants from divorced families are disproportionately likely to become apostates as adults, while people growing up in unaffiliated divorced families more often become affiliated as adults. However, parental divorce has fewer effects on the likelihood of moving from one denomination to another.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-011-0004-7