Determinants of Religious Giving in American Denominations: Data from Two Nationwide Surveys
Using the 1987-1989 General Social Survey and a 1988 Gallup survey we looked at patterns of giving to churches. Conservative Protestants have the highest levels of giving, Catholics the lowest, and mainline Protestants in between. Individual giving is highly skewed, with one-fifth in each group givi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Review of religious research
Year: 1994, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-148 |
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| Summary: | Using the 1987-1989 General Social Survey and a 1988 Gallup survey we looked at patterns of giving to churches. Conservative Protestants have the highest levels of giving, Catholics the lowest, and mainline Protestants in between. Individual giving is highly skewed, with one-fifth in each group giving about 75 percent of the total. The main predictors of individual giving are strong faith, conservative theology, and intense church involvement. Persons who plan their giving ahead of time give at higher levels. Volunteering time to churches is highest among the conservative Protestants and lowest among the Catholics. It is positively associated with church attendance and financial giving. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511404 |