The Religious Identification of Children of Interfaith Marriages
Data from 1974 for a national sample of youths, ages 13-18, are examined to compare the religious identifications of children and parents. Catholic dominated over Protestant identification in interfaith marriages; this took priority over the Protestant mother's influence upon her child. Especia...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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Review of religious research
Year: 1990, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-134 |
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| Summary: | Data from 1974 for a national sample of youths, ages 13-18, are examined to compare the religious identifications of children and parents. Catholic dominated over Protestant identification in interfaith marriages; this took priority over the Protestant mother's influence upon her child. Especially when the mother is Catholic, the children are Catholic. The Catholic parent is more influential for the daughter's identification than for the son's. When the mother is conservative Protestant, the children are more likely to be Protestant than when she is liberal Protestant. Conservative Protestant-Catholic marriages have higher rates of religious "nones" for sons than daughters. In a family with only one parent with a religious identification, the child is more likely to have no religious identity if it is the mother who has no identification. Trends in society are discussed relative to their impact on interfaith marriage and the religious identification of the children. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511760 |