Religious Mobility and Socioeconomic Status
Analysis of a 1955 survey of the American white adult population indicates that only fifteen percent have changed their religious membership. The Catholic, Jewish, and Baptist groups are the most stable. The higher-status Presbyterian, Congregational and Episcopalian denominations had the highest pr...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1971
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1971, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 140-148 |
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| Summary: | Analysis of a 1955 survey of the American white adult population indicates that only fifteen percent have changed their religious membership. The Catholic, Jewish, and Baptist groups are the most stable. The higher-status Presbyterian, Congregational and Episcopalian denominations had the highest proportions of members who had changed their membership. No differences are found between the religious mobiles and non-mobiles in terms of occupation, education, and age. However, the religious mobiles were predominately (65%) females, indicating that most religious mobility involves intermarriage. Mobiles were also found to be slightly more active church-goers than were the non-mobiles. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709997 |