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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12171 |