Entry:

Hadaway, Christopher Kirk, "Sources of Denominational Growth of American Protestantism," Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Massachusetts, 1978.


Abstract:

There is no easy formula to predict the growth or decline of denominations. Each denomination has both its negative and positive components that contribute to its stability.

GSS Years:

1973-76

Other Data Sets:

Gallup 1955, 1957, 1972, 1975-1977; NORC 1974

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

MOBILE16

GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY SINCE AGE 16

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

RELIG16

RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED

PREMARSX

SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

XMARSEX

SEX WITH PERSON OTHER THAN SPOUSE

HOMOSEX

HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS

GRASS

SHOULD MARIJUANA BE MADE LEGAL

DIVLAW

DIVORCE LAWS

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

CHLDIDEL

IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN

ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES