Religion, Families, and Health

by Ellison, Christopher G.; Hummer, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9780813547190
• ISBN10: 0813547199
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

Religion is a major social institution in the United States. While the scientific community has experienced a resurgence in the idea that there are important linkages between religion and family life and religion and health outcomes, this area of study is still in its early stages of development, scattered across multiple disciplines, and of uneven quality. To date, no book has featured both reviews of the literature and new empirical findings that define this area for the present and set the agenda for the twenty-first century.Religion, Families, and Healthfills this void by bringing together leading social scientists who provide a theoretically rich, methodologically rigorous, and exciting glimpse into a fascinating social institution that continues to be extremely important in the lives of Americans.

Author Biography

Christopher G. Ellison is the Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams Sr. Centennial Professor in die department of sociology and a research associate of the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert A. Hummer is a professor and chairperson in the department of sociology and a research associate of the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Religion and Family Life Outcomes
Religion and the Timing of First Births in the United States	p. 19
Religion and Child Rearing	p. 40
Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior	p. 61
The Influence of Religion on Ties between the Generations	p. 86
Religion and Family Values Reconsidered: Gender Traditionalism among Conservative Protestants	p. 106
From Generation to Generation: Religious Involvement and Attitudes toward Family and Pro-Family Outcomes among U.S. Catholics	p. 126
Religious Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States: Patterns and Changes over Time	p. 148
Childhood Religious Denomination and Early Adult Asset Accumulation	p. 164
Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women's Educational Attainment and Wages	p. 186
Religion, Family, and Women's Employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans	p. 206
Religion and Health Outcomes
Religion and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life	p. 229
Religion and Physical Health among U.S. Adults	p. 248
Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults	p. 273
Religious Attendance and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States	p. 292
Race, Religious Involvement, and Health: The Case of African Americans	p. 321
Jewish Identity and Self-Reported Health	p. 349
Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, and Reproductive Health: The Mormon Case	p. 368
Religion and the New Immigrants: Impact on Health Behaviors and Access to Health Care	p. 385
Looking Ahead
The Religious Demography of the United States: Dynamics of Affiliation, Participation, and Belief	p. 403
Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion Family Life, and Health in the United States	p. 431
Contributors	p. 455
Index	p. 459
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