RT Article
T1 Does Security Increase Secularity? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey on the Relationship between Income and Religious Service Attendance
JF Journal of religion in Europe
VO 10
IS 3
SP 328
OP 349
A1 Storm, Ingrid
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1565006909
AB Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within countries and has been proposed as one of the mechanisms causing long term religious decline in economically developed countries. Using a British panel study, this article examines (a) whether change to household incomes can incite individual religious change and (b) whether religion can buffer against the stress of economic loss.
K1 economic insecurity : secularisation : stress buffering : life satisfaction : panel data
DO 10.1163/18748929-01003004