National Aggregates and Individual Disaffiliation: An International Study

Pablo Brañas-Garza, Teresa M. García-Muñoz () and Shoshana Neuman ()
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Shoshana Neuman: Department of Economics Bar-Ilan University

No 2009-22, Working Papers from Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using a data set of 15,000 subjects from 32 western countries, the current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their lives left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific, personal attributes and marriage variables) was employed to test for determinants of this decision. It was found that the tendency of individuals to leave their religion is strongly correlated with the degree of religious diversity of their country and with their spouse's religious characteristics. Moreover, personal socio-demographic features seem to be less relevant.

Keywords: religion; national aggregates; disaffiliation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J12 J13 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-07
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