A Cross-national Analysis of Religion and Attitudes toward Premarital Sex
Do Economic Contexts Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J H Jung (0000-0002-1875-296X, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 798-817 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0731121415595428 |
| OpenAlex | W2463378772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 64 |
This study examines how micro-level religious effects and macro-level economic contexts shape individuals' attitudes toward premarital sex. It then investigates whether the effects of individual-level religiosity on approval of premarital sex are contingent on the economic characteristics of a nation, reflected by a country's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Multilevel analyses of data from the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (2010-2014) reveal that both individual religiosity and GDP per capita are important predictors of attitudes toward premarital sex. Furthermore, cross-level interactions suggest that individual religiosity has a greater negative effect on approval of premarital sex in countries that are more economically developed. I discuss how these findings speak to theories about religion, economic modernization, and the ways that macro-level contexts are linked with micro-level factors
Demographic economics · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Gross domestic product · Macro level · Macroeconomics · Modernization theory · Multilevel model · Per capita · Population · Premarital sex · Religiosity · Sociology · World Values Survey · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |