Religion, Families, and Health : : Population-Based Research in the United States / / ed. by Christopher G Ellison, Robert A Hummer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Alwin, Duane F.,; Alwin, Duane,; Bartkowski, John P.,; Benjamins, Maureen R.,; Benjamins, Maureen,; Burdette, Amy M.,; Burdette, Amy,; Ebaugh, Helen Rose,; Ebaugh, Helen,; Eberstein, Isaac W.,; Eberstein, Isaac,; Ellison, Christopher G,; Ellison, Christopher G.,; Felson, Jacob L.,; Felson, Jacob,; Heaton, Tim B.,; Heaton, Tim,; Heyman, Kathleen M.,; Heyman, Kathleen,; Hummer, Robert A,; Hummer, Robert A.,; Keister, Lisa A.,; Keister, Lisa,; King, Valarie,; Krause, Neal,; Krueger, Patrick M,; Krueger, Patrick M.,; Lehrer, Evelyn,; Lewin, Alisa C.,; Lewin, Alisa,; Musick, Marc A.,; Musick, Marc,; Pearce, Lisa D.,; Pearce, Lisa,; Read, JenÆnan,; Read, Jen’Nan Ghazal,; Regnerus, Mark D.,; Regnerus, Mark,; Rogers, Richard G.,; Rogers, Richard,; Sherkat, Darren E.,; Sherkat, Darren,; Sullivan, Teresa A.,; Sullivan, Teresa,; Waite, Linda J.,; Waite, Linda,; Worthen, Meredith G. F.,; Worthen, Meredith,; Xu, Xiaohe,
• HerausgeberIn: Ellison, Christopher G,; Hummer, Robert A,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- PART ONE. Religion and Family Life Outcomes -- 2. Religion and the Timing of First Births in the United States -- 3. Religion and Child Rearing -- 4. Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior -- 5. The Influence of Religion on Ties between the Generations -- 6. Religion and Family Values Reconsidered: Gender Traditionalism among Conservative Protestants -- 7. From Generation to Generation: Religious Involvement and Attitudes toward Family and Pro-Family Outcomes among U.S. Catholics -- 8. Religious Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States: Patterns and Changes over Time -- 9. Childhood Religious Denomination and Early Adult Asset Accumulation -- 10. Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women’s Educational Attainment and Wages -- 11. Religion, Family, and Women’s Employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans -- PART TWO. Religion and Health Outcomes -- 12. Religion and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life -- 13. Religion and Physical Health among U.S. Adults -- 14. Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults -- 15. Religious Attendance and Cause-Specifi c Mortality in the United States -- 16. Race, Religious Involvement, and Health: The Case of African Americans -- 17. Jewish Identity and Self-Reported Health -- 18. Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, and Reproductive Health: The Mormon Case -- 19. Religion and the New Immigrants: Impact on Health Behaviors and Access to Health Care -- PART THREE. Looking Ahead -- 20. The Religious Demography of the United States: Dynamics of Affi liation, Participation, and Belief -- 21. Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion, Family Life, and Health in the United States -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX