Workforce Participation and Sex Differences in Church Attendance
This paper examines the thesis that the lower participation of women in the workforce (cf. men) helps explain their greater commitment to institutional religion in America. (exemplified by their more regular church attendance). Using NORC data from 1972-80 this thesis is rejected. Rather it is the l...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1984
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Review of religious research
Year: 1984, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-256 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the thesis that the lower participation of women in the workforce (cf. men) helps explain their greater commitment to institutional religion in America. (exemplified by their more regular church attendance). Using NORC data from 1972-80 this thesis is rejected. Rather it is the low church attendance of men not in the full time labor force that helps accentuate the sex related differences in church attendance. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511122 |