عنوان

Does Security Increase Secularity? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey on the Relationship between Income and Religious Service Attendance

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LA116622

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Title Proper

Does Security Increase Secularity? Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey on the Relationship between Income and Religious Service Attendance

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ingrid Storm

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and within countries and has been proposed as one of the mechanisms causing long term religious decline in economically developed countries. Using a British panel study, this article examines (a) whether change to household incomes can incite individual religious change and (b) whether religion can buffer against the stress of economic loss. The main trend in Britain is that of religious stability or decline, and income change does nothing to reverse this trend. Increases in household income are associated with religious disengagement, but income reduction has no effect on religious attendance. However, religious activity may still act as a 'buffer' by improving and maintaining life satisfaction in the face of economic loss.

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

328-349

Title

Journal of Religion in Europe

Volume Number

10/3

International Standard Serial Number

1874-8929

Subject Term

economic insecurity

Subject Term

History of Religion

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life satisfaction

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panel data

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Religion & Society

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Religious Studies

Subject Term

secularisation

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Social Sciences

Subject Term

stress buffering

Ingrid Storm

Call Number

10.1163/18748929-01003004

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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Y