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| Author: | Breggren, N. |
| Title: | Rhetoric or reality? An economic analysis of the effects of religion in Sweden |
| Journal: | Journal of Socio-Economics
1997 : VOL. 26:6, p. 571-596 |
| Index terms: | SOCIOLOGY RELIGION SWEDEN |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | On the basis of simple rational-choice theory, it is argued that Christian religious involvement influences the divorce, abortion, non-payment, and children-born-out-of-wedlock rates negatively. This influence stems from an expectation that a god punishes certain forms of action and from social reprimands of devotees. Regression analysis is then used to test the theory in the case of Sweden in the year 1990, and the importance of religion, in its negative effect on all of these rates, is strongly confirmed. |
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