Gender Attitudes in Religious Schools

A Comparative Study of Religious and Secular Private Schools in Guatemala

Bibliographic Data

ID3170238
AuthorsDarin M Mather (Crown College, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume9
Issue7
Pages219
Publication date2018-07-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel9070219
OpenAlexW2883667754
LanguageDE
Citations received2
References cited46

This study assesses the effect that private religious schools have on gender attitudes in students. Using data collected from twenty-one private schools in Guatemala, gender attitudes are assessed using latent class analysis. The results indicate that students' gender attitudes can be categorized into three distinct profiles. These are non-egalitarian, publicly egalitarian, and generally egalitarian. Subsequent analysis reveals that religious schools and specific religious beliefs are correlated with different gender attitude profiles. For instance, Catholic school students are more likely to be generally egalitarian than students in evangelical or secular schools, and biblical literalists are most likely to be publicly egalitarian. Overall, this research highlights the need to develop new conceptual models to provide more accurate and nuanced descriptions of gender attitudes. It also provides new insight into correlations between religious schools and religious beliefs and gender attitudes formation

Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Private school · Religious education · Secular education · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology

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