Does Church Attendance Really Increase Schooling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2271027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Datcher Loury (Tufts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-127 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00221.x |
| OpenAlex | W2049719419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article shows that religiosity during adolescence has a significant effect on total number of years of schooling attained. It differs from previous research by focusing on church attendance rather than on denomination and by controlling more completely for the effects of omitted-variables bias. Any estimated correlation between church attendance and schooling without such controls may reflect unmeasured family, community, and individual characteristics. The size of the effect for individuals who attended church 52 weeks per year compared to individuals who do not attend at all is equivalent to over three years of parents' schooling. This finding implies that changes in church attendance, either due to exogenous changes in attitudes or as an indirect effect of government or other institutional activity, may have large spill-over effects on socioeconomic variables
Attendance · Church attendance · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Religiosity · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,36 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |