Entry:

Nelsen, Hart M., "The Religious Identification of Children of Interfaith Marriages," Review of Religious Research, 32 (December, 1990), 122-134.


Abstract:

In marriages where spouses enter with different religions, Catholicism dominates over Protestant identification. Also, Catholic parents have a greater influence on the daughter's religious identification than the son's.

GSS Years:

1973-1975

Other Data Sets:

RTI 1974; CPS 1957; NORC 1968

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

SPREL

SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

FUND

HOW FUNDAMENTALIST IS R CURRENTLY

RELIG16

RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED