Entry:
Tamney, Joseph B.; Powell, Shawn; and Johnson, Stephen, "Innovation Theory and Religious Nones," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 28 (1989), 216-29.
Abstract:
Those tolerant of abortion and marijuana use, who express less confidence in the clergy, are single, or are not employed tend not to report a religious preference. People with no religious preference also tended to live in the West, be young, and be male. While the size of place of residence, education, and race didn't directly affect religious preference, they did influence confidence in organized religion, acceptance of a new morality, and institutional integration.
GSS Years:1973-85
Other Data Sets:
Middletown 1981-1984; Gallup 1981, 1986; Dallas-Fort Worth Texas 1982
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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 |
| MARITAL |
MARITAL STATUS |
| SPREL16 |
RELIGION IN WHICH SPOUSE RAISED |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| OTHER |
OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS |
| DENOM |
SPECIFIC DENOMINATION |
| DENOM16 |
DENOMINATION IN WHICH R WAS RAISED |
| OTH16 |
OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| SIZE |
SIZE OF PLACE IN 1000S |
| DEGREE |
RS HIGHEST DEGREE |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| ABNOMORE |
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN |
| GRASS |
SHOULD MARIJUANA BE MADE LEGAL |
| CONCLERG |
CONFIDENCE IN ORGANIZED RELIGION |