Entry:
Babchuk, Nicholas and Whitt, Hugh P., "R-Order and Religious Switching," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 29 (1990), 246-254.
Abstract:
People tend to choose denominations similar to the ones they were raised in, moving towards sectarianism and no religion. People also tend to marry those in similar religious denominations, but cross Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish thresholds less than in personal religious switching.
GSS Years:1982-83
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| DENOM |
SPECIFIC DENOMINATION |
| RELIG16 |
RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED |
| SPREL |
SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| SPREL16 |
RELIGION IN WHICH SPOUSE RAISED |