Religion, Families, and Health : Population-Based Research in the United States

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 Health fills 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. This Book Is A Compilation Of Population-based Research On The Relationships Of Religion To Family Life And Health. Introduction / Christopher G. Ellison And Robert A. Hummer -- Religion And Family Life Outcomes -- Religion And The Timing Of First Births In The United States / Lisa D. Pearce -- Religion And Child Rearing / Duane F. Alwin And Jacob L. Felson -- Religion And Adolescent Sexual Behavior / Mark D. Regnerus -- The Influence Of Religion On Ties Between The Generations / Valarie King -- Religion And Family Values Reconsidered : Gender Traditionalism Among Conservative Protestants / John P. Bartkowski And Xiaohe Xu -- From Generation To Generation : Religious Involvement And Attitudes Toward Family And Pro-family Outcomes Among U.s. Catholics / Amy M. Burdette And Teresa A. Sullivan -- Religious Intermarriage And Conversion In The United States : Patterns And Changes Over Time / Linda J. Waite And Alisa C. Lewin -- Childhood Religious Denomination And Early Adult Asset Accumulation / Lisa A. Keister. Religious Affiliation And Participation As Determinants Of Women's Educational Attainment And Wages / Evelyn Lehrer -- Religion, Family, And Women's Employment Among Muslim And Christian Arab Americans / Jennan Ghazal Read -- Religion And Health Outcomes -- Religion And Depressive Symptoms In Late Life / Neal Krause -- Religion And Physical Health Among U.s. Adults / Marc A. Musick And Meredith G. F. Worthen -- Religious Involvement And Mortality Risk Among Pre-retirement Aged U.s. Adults / Robert A. Hummer ... [et Al.] -- Religious Attendance And Cause-specific Mortality In The United States / Richard G. Rogers, Patrick M. Krueger, And Robert A. Hummer -- Race, Religious Involvement, And Health : The Case Of African Americans / Christopher G. Ellison ... [et Al.] -- Jewish Identity And Self-reported Health / Isaac W. Eberstein And Kathleen M. Heyman -- Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, And Reproductive Health : The Mormon Case / Tim B. Heaton. Religion And The New Immigrants : Impact On Health Behaviors And Access To Health Care / Helen Rose Ebaugh -- Looking Ahead -- The Religious Demography Of The United States : Dynamics Of Affiliation, Participation, And Belief / Darren E. Sherkat -- Future Directions In Population-based Research On Religion, Family Life, And Health In The United States / Christopher G. Ellison And Robert A. Hummer. Edited By Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer Religion and family life outcomes Religion and the timing of first births in the United States / Lisa D. Pearce Religion and child rearing / Duane F. Alwin and Jacob L. Felson Religion and adolescent sexual behavior / Mark D. Regnerus The influence of religion on ties between the generations / Valarie King Religion and family values reconsidered : gender traditionalism among conservative protestants / John P. Bartkowski and Xiaohe Xu From generation to generation : religious involvement and attitudes toward family and pro-family outcomes among U.S. Catholics / Amy M. Burdette and Teresa A. Sullivan Religious intermarriage and conversion in the United States : patterns and changes over time / Linda J. Waite and Alisa C. Lewin Childhood religious denomination and early adult asset accumulation / Lisa A. Keister Religious affiliation and participation as determinants of women's educational attainment and wages / Evelyn Lehrer Religion, family, and women's employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans / Jennan Ghazal Read Religion and health outcomes Religion and depressive symptoms in late life / Neal Krause Religion and physical health among U.S. adults / Marc A. Musick and Meredith G. F. Worthen Religious involvement and mortality risk among pre-retirement aged U.S. adults / Robert A. Hummer, Maureen R. Benjamins, Christopher G. Ellison, and Richard G. Rogers Religious attendance and cause-specific mortality in the United States / Richard G. Rogers, Patrick M. Krueger, and Robert A. Hummer Race, religious involvement, and health : the case of African Americans / Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer, Amy M. Burdette, and Maureen R. Benjamins Jewish identity and self reported health / Isaac W. Eberstein and Kathleen M. Heyman Religion, sexually risky behavior, and reproductive health : the Mormon case / Tim B. Heaton Religion and the new immigrants : impact on health behaviors and access to health care / Helen Rose Ebaugh Looking ahead The religious demography of the United States : dynamics of affiliation, participation, and belief / Darren E. Sherkat Future directions in population-based research on religion, family life, and health in the United States / Christopher G. Ellison and Robert A. Hummer. Contents ......Page 6 Acknowledgments ......Page 10 1. Introduction ......Page 14 Part One: Religion and Family Life Outcomes ......Page 30 2. Religion and the Timing of First Births in the United States ......Page 32 3. Religion and Child Bearing ......Page 53 4. Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior ......Page 74 5. The Influence of Religion Ties between the Generations ......Page 99 6. Religion and Family Values Reconsidered ......Page 119 7. From Generation to Generation ......Page 139 8. Religious Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States ......Page 161 9. Childhood Religious Denomination and Early Adult Asset Accumulation ......Page 177 10. Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women's Educational Attainment and Wages ......Page 199 11. Religion, Family, and Women's Employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans ......Page 219 Part Two: Religion and Health Outcomes ......Page 240 12. Religion and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life ......Page 242 13. Religion and Physical Health among U.S. Adults ......Page 261 14. Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults ......Page 286 15. Religious Attendance and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States ......Page 305 16. Race, Religious Involvement, and Health ......Page 334 17. Jewish Identity and Self-Reported Health ......Page 362 18. Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, and Reproductive Health: The Mormon Case......Page 381 19. Religion and the New Immigrants ......Page 398 Part Three: Looking Ahead ......Page 414 20. The Religious Demography of the United States ......Page 416 21. Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion, Family Life, and Health in the United States ......Page 444 Notes on Contributors ......Page 468 Index ......Page 472