Occupation and Religious Practice in Italy: The Thesis of "Working-Class Alienation"

This paper examines the hypothesis that members of the urban working class are significantly less involved (associationally) in the church than are members of other occupational strata. Using data from a national sample of adult, male, Catholic heads of households in Italy, a statistically significa...

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Published in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
Main Author: Hazelrigg, Lawrence E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1972]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Further subjects:B Statistical significance
B Head of household
B Working Class
B educational attainment
B Catholicism
B Church Attendance
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Summary:This paper examines the hypothesis that members of the urban working class are significantly less involved (associationally) in the church than are members of other occupational strata. Using data from a national sample of adult, male, Catholic heads of households in Italy, a statistically significant but very weak positive relationship was discovered.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384674