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- Title
Religion as a Determinant of Relationship Stability.
- Authors
Boulis, Christopher; Torgler, Benno
- Abstract
There is a burgeoning literature that investigates the effects of religion on relationship dissolution. This study is distinguished from prior scholarship in three broad areas: The investigation estimates the effect of religion on relationship stability using multiple measures of religious affiliation and religious observance; it is based on information of the respondent and their partner for both cohabiting and marital relationships; and it is performed using multiple waves of a large‐scale nationally representative panel data set, the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. It addresses key limitations, such as: the use of a single measure of religion, a tendency to only use married individual data, and an overreliance on cross‐sectional data. The results indicate that intrafaith couples tend to have a higher degree of relationship stability than other couple types; although, once other factors are controlled for, this effect is no longer statistically significant. We also find religiosity, in particular, religious attendance has a large positive effect on stability in intrafaith couples but can lower stability in interfaith and mixed couples.
- Subjects
RELIGION; RELIGIOUS identity; MARITAL relations; RELIGIOUSNESS; COUPLES
- Publication
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0021-8294
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jssr.12896