The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art

Steensland, Brian; Park, Jerry Z.; Regnerus, Mark; Robinson, Lynn; Wilcox, W. Bradford; Woodberry, Robert D.

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“…Though we have no separate measure of parental gun ownership, this measure of teen-reported in-home gun access is substantively different than a general measure of adult personal handgun ownership as analyzed in studies of religion and gun ownership (e.g., Yamane at home. To measure religious affiliation, a standard coding scheme 13 is used that accounts for the largest religious traditions in the United States (Steensland et al 2000) and was guided by prior Add Health research (Pearce and Haynie 2004): conservative Protestant (referent), Mainline Protestant, Black Protestant, Catholic, -other‖ religions 14 , and religiously unaffiliated.…”

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In-home firearm access among US adolescents and the role of religious subculture: Results from a nationally representative study

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Tom

2017

Social Science Research

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“…5 These tendencies are manifested in conservative Protestants' greater likelihood to desire less government involvement in a variety of life domains (Steensland et al 2000). They are also manifested for some in the belief that growing secularism will lead to persecution of conservative Christians.…”

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In-home firearm access among US adolescents and the role of religious subculture: Results from a nationally representative study

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Tom

2017

Social Science Research

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“…Prior literature (Jacobson, 1998;Smith, 1990;Steensland et al, 2000) and relevance to the study's hypotheses were considered in deciding how religion was conceptualized in the present study. The religion items in the MIDUS data were comprised of six categories: denomination, religious attendance/practice, religious social support, religious commitment, religious application, and religious identity.…”

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Religion, weight perception, and weight control behavior

Kim

2007

Eating Behaviors

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Religion's relationships with weight perception and weight control behavior were examined using data (3032 adults aged 25-74) from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. Religion was conceptualized as denomination, religious attendance/practice, religious social support, religious commitment, religious application, and religious identity. Weight perception was conceptualized as underestimating body weight, overestimating body weight, and accurately assessing body weight. Respondents also reported whether they had engaged in any intentional weight loss (yes/no) in the last 12 months. Logistic regression was used, with significant results being set at a p-values of b .01 and b .05. Accurately assessing body weight was the reference category for all weight perception analyses. Women with greater religious commitment and men with greater religious application had greater odds of underestimating their body weight. This relationship remained significant, controlling for age, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Jewish women had greater odds of overestimating their body weight. There were no relationships between religion and weight control behavior. Relationships between religion, weight perception, and weight control behavior illustrate religion's multidimensionality.

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“…Sixty percent of the non-black sample do not consider themselves born again, thereby scoring a 0 on this measure, and 24% are born again and attend church at least once a week, with a value of 4 or 5 on the measure. Though not perfectly correlated with denomination, these items reflect religious belief and behavior and are strong predictors of evangelical Protestant affiliation (Layman 2001;Smith 1990;Steensland et al 2000). Unfortunately, the NAES affiliation measure only includes the categories Protestant, (Hout, Greely, and Wilde 2001;Mosher et al 1992) when exploring 11 fertility differences among American Christians.…”

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Religion, Politics, and the Social Capital of Children

Friesen

2013

Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

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SUMMARY.Using a national dataset, this study demonstrates that religious traditionalism and political conservatism are positively related to family size and the interactions between these measures result in increased political participation. Combining the social capital of children and religiosity, these findings suggest that choosing to have more children may be based on beliefs about traditional gender roles and the importance of family in society, which in turn, results in political engagement around these issues.

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The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art

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In-home firearm access among US adolescents and the role of religious subculture: Results from a nationally representative study

In-home firearm access among US adolescents and the role of religious subculture: Results from a nationally representative study

Religion, weight perception, and weight control behavior

Religion, Politics, and the Social Capital of Children

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