Economics of Religious Participation in the Rural South

Anil Rupasingha and David Freshwater
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David Freshwater: University of Kentucky

The Review of Regional Studies, 2001, vol. 29, issue 3, 256-271

Abstract: This paper analyzes individuals' religious behavior from an economic perspective to explain religious behavior among residents of the rural South of the United States. Religious participation decisions of individuals in the rural South are analyzed within an allocation of time framework. Empirical estimation uses an ordered probit model and survey data collected from a sample of residents of the rural South. Results show that economic variables as well as noneconomic variables account for variation in religiosity. An individual's age, educational attainment, sex, marital status, race, income, faith in God and afterlife, intensity of belief, and civic participation are strongly associated with religious participation.

Date: 1999
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