Parental Divorce and Adult Religiosity
Evidence from the General Social Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3121806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hsien-Hsien Lau (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan), Nicholas H Wolfinger (University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-103 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Religious Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-4866 • E-ISSN: 0034-673X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13644-011-0004-7 |
| OpenAlex | W2082272607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 68 |
This study explores the relationship between parental divorce and religiosity, including religious affiliation change and church attendance. Data from the 1991, 1998, and 2008 waves of the General Social Survey provide information both on current religiosity and religiosity in respondents' families of origin. The results suggest that living with a single divorced parent-but not a remarried or widowed parent-increases church attendance and the odds of a change in religious affiliation. Catholics and Protestants from divorced families are disproportionately likely to become apostates as adults, while people growing up in unaffiliated divorced families more often become affiliated as adults. However, parental divorce has fewer effects on the likelihood of moving from one denomination to another
Attendance · Church attendance · General Social Survey · Logistic regression · Odds · Political science · Religiosity · Remarriage · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |