Religious Socialization and Church Attendance in the Netherlands from 1983 to 2007
A Panel Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18959280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Vermeer (0000-0001-7693-2611, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Jacques Janssen (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands), Joep De Hart (Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP), The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 373-392 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0037768611412145 |
| OpenAlex | W2126597112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 9 |
The authors explore the effect of a religious upbringing on church attendance later in life. To this purpose, people who had been interviewed in 1983 as secondary students about their upbringing as well as other characteristics, were interviewed again in 2007 about the same topics. Comparisons between the 1983 and the 2007 data reveal that church attendance dropped significantly among these people during this period. Furthermore, it is shown that a religious upbringing is not a good predictor of church attendance later in life. These conclusions apply to Protestants and Catholics alike, as separate analyses for Catholics, Dutch Reformed and Re-Reformed reveal
Attendance · Church attendance · Political science · Religiosity · Religious life · Socialization · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |