Entry:

Aidala, Angela A., "Social Change, Gender Roles, and New Religious Movements," Sociological Analysis, 46 (Fall, 1985), 287-314.


Abstract:

The existence of specific group enforced rules concerning sexuality and gender roles distinguishes religious from secular communal movements. Persons who join religious groups are characterized by uncertainty rather than total rejection of traditional gender roles.

GSS Years:

1974

Other Data Sets:

NORC 1971; Study of Communal Living Groups 1974-1976, 1982

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

CHILDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT