Entry:
Sandomirsky, Sharon and Wilson, John, "Processes of Disaffiliation: Religious Mobility Among Men and Women," Social Forces, 68 (June, 1990), 1211-1229.
Abstract:
Young adults have the lowest rates of religious affiliation and that up to the 80's Catholics had similar declines in membership as Protestants. Denominations inhibit or promote apostasy by encouraging family forms which may or may not promote such a move.
GSS Years:1973-1976
Other Data Sets:
Career Development Study in Washington State 1965-1966, 1979
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| RELIG16 |
RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED |
| DENOM16 |
DENOMINATION IN WHICH R WAS RAISED |
| OTH16 |
OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| DENOM |
SPECIFIC DENOMINATION |
| OTHER |
OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |