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| Author: | Smith. I. Sawkins, J. W. Seaman, P. T. |
| Title: | The economics of religious participation |
| Journal: | Kyklos
1998 : VOL. 51:1, p. 25-43 |
| Index terms: | RELIGION PARTICIPATION SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS SOCIAL RESEARCH COMPARATIVE RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Levels of participation in organized religion differs markedly across countries, a stylized fact which has resisted a general theoretical explanation. The claim of this paper is that the international variation in religious attendance can be understood in terms of systematic differences in socio-economic variables. In particular, national religious participation is modelled as a function of investment in religious human capital, social interactions and religious market structure. Using data for eighteen countries derived from the religious questionnaire of the International Social Survey Programme, the empirical significance of these variables is demonstrated be estimating simple regression equations. |
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