Entry:
Jelen, Ted G., "Aging and Boundary Maintenance among American Evangelicals: A Comment on James Davidson Hunter's Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation," Review of Religious Research, 31 (March, 1990), 268-279.
Abstract:
While young Evangelicals are less orthodox than their elders, this may be a life cycle effect rather than a cohort effect. If so, boundaries between the Evangelicals and others may not be eroding.
GSS Years:1973-1987
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| DENOM |
SPECIFIC DENOMINATION |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| OTHER |
OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| COLHOMO |
ALLOW HOMOSEXUAL TO TEACH |
| GRASS |
SHOULD MARIJUANA BE MADE LEGAL |
| PRAYER |
BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| DRINK |
EVER DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? |
| PREMARSX |
SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE |
| HOMOSEX |
HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS |
| PORNMORL |
MATERIALS LEAD TO BREAKDOWN IN MORALS |
| PORNLAW |
FEELINGS ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY LAWS |
| FEPRES |
VOTE FOR WOMAN PRESIDENT |
| FEWORK |
SHOULD WOMEN WORK |
| FEPOL |
WOMEN NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
| FEHOME |
WOMEN TAKE CARE OF HOME NOT COUNTRY |
| ABHLTH |
WOMANS HEALTH SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| ABNOMORE |
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN |
| ABSINGLE |
NOT MARRIED |
| ABPOOR |
LOW INCOME--CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN |
| ABDEFECT |
STRONG CHANCE OF SERIOUS DEFECT |
| ABRAPE |
PREGNANT AS RESULT OF RAPE |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |