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Birkelbach, Klaus and Meulemann, Heiner (2014). Church attendance from youth to late mid-life. Sozial Welt-Zeit. Sozialwiss. Forsch. Praxis, 65 (4). S. 399 - 426. BADEN-BADEN: NOMOS VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG. ISSN 0038-6073

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Abstract

This paper investigates the frequency of church attendance during the course of life., Firstly, we test the expectation of 1) a positive impact of a Christian socialization and good inter-generational relations in the family socialization and generational hypothesis. 2) a positive impact of family attachments and occupational involvement 3) a negative impact of occupational success self-transcendence hypothesis, and 4) a positive impact of experiences of illness and death crisis hypothesis. Secondly, Christian convictions are discussed. We also expect that the frequency of church attendance should increase monotonously (confirming ageing hypothesis). The sample consists of 1301 former German high school students, first interviewed in 1969 at the age of 16, and re-interviewed at the age of 30, 43, and 56. Without control of Christian convictions the socialization hypothesis is confirmed for some indicators; the self-transcendence hypothesis is confirmed only for family attachments and the crisis hypothesis is not confirmed at all. With controls for Christian convictions the remaining effects are reduced. In both analyses,the ageing hypothesis could not be confirmed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Birkelbach, Klaus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Meulemann, Heiner UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-448818
DOI:	10.5771/0038-6073-2014-4-399
Journal or Publication Title:	Sozial Welt-Zeit. Sozialwiss. Forsch. Praxis
Volume:	65
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 399 - 426
Date:	2014
Publisher:	NOMOS VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG
Place of Publication:	BADEN-BADEN
ISSN:	0038-6073
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; DIMENSIONS; SOCIALIZATION; ADOLESCENCE Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44881