Entry:

Tamney, Joseph B.; Burton, Ronald; and Johnson, Stephen D., "Fundamentalism and Economic Restructuring," in Religion and Political Behavior in the United States, Ted G. Jelen (Ed.), New York: Praeger, 1989.


Abstract:

White Protestants who believe the Bible is inerrant favor economic reform. Fundamentalists, Catholics, and black Protestants also favor economic change, and thus such different traditions support similar social beliefs.

GSS Years:

1987

Other Data Sets:

Middletown Survey 1987

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
BIBLE

FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE

BIBLEY

FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE -- VERSION Z

EQWLTH

SHOULD GOVT REDUCE INCOME DIFFERENCES

WORLD4

WORLD IMAGE: MAN IS GOOD VS. CORRUPT

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

FUND

HOW FUNDAMENTALIST IS R CURRENTLY

OTHER

OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

POLVIEWS

THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE