The impact of childhood epilepsy diagnoses on adult religiosity

Will Moffatt () and Brent Evans ()
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Will Moffatt: University of Mississippi
Brent Evans: Georgia College & State University

Economics Bulletin, 2024, vol. 44, issue 2, 544 - 549

Abstract: For some patients, epileptic seizures are accompanied by surreal physical sensations and religious visions. In some cases, these seizures lead individuals to dramatically change their worldview and religious beliefs. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we build econometric models to assess how a childhood epilepsy diagnosis affects one's religiosity as an adult. While we find no evidence that epilepsy diagnoses increase religious faith, we show that people with epilepsy are 17.7 percentage points more likely to attend religious services at least once per month.

Keywords: Epilepsy; Seizure; Health Economics; Economics of Religion; Religiosity; Religion; Church Attendance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06-30
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