Entry:

Park, Jerry Z., “Empowering Chastity: Sexual Morality Among American Evangelicals,” Presented to the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August, 1999.


Abstract:

Contemporary society continues to demonstrate the significance of sexuality with the distinct relationship between religion and personal sexual attitudes. A quantitative investigation reveals that religion’s empowering effect is partly conditioned by secularizing forces.

GSS Years:

1972-1996

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
PREMARSX

SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

XMARSEX

SEX WITH PERSON OTHER THAN SPOUSE

HOMOSEX

HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS