Religious Attendance Buffers the Impact of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction: Longitudinal Evidence from Germany

This research used longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) to examine whether religious attendance buffers the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction. Fixed effects models following 5,446 individuals up to three years after the transition to unemployment yielded two...

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Authors: Lechner, Clemens 1985- (Author) ; Leopold, Thomas 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 166-174
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Unemployed person / Contentment / Worship service / Religion / Assembly / Visit / Religiosity / History 1990-2012
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBB German language area
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Religious Attendance
B SOEP
B Well-being
B job loss
B Religion
B Life Satisfaction
B Unemployment
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Summary:This research used longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) to examine whether religious attendance buffers the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction. Fixed effects models following 5,446 individuals up to three years after the transition to unemployment yielded two central findings. First, higher frequency of religious attendance was associated with smaller drops in life satisfaction. Second, only those who attended religious services on a weekly basis adapted to unemployment. These results suggest that religious attendance on a weekly basis can mitigate the psychological impact of unemployment.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12171