Religiosity, Economics and Life Satisfaction
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This paper uses a large individual data set from the Euro Barometer Survey (ICPSR ) to estimate the influence of religious phenomena on self-perceived satisfaction of an individual, controlling for macroeconomic conditions, effects of his political stance, and other socio-economic variables. Our estimated ordered logit model results show that an individual's life satisfaction is positively related to measures of strong religious attachment in the sense of being willing to commit to attending religious services frequently. Our other findings include that no strong evidence exists for the hypothesis that leftists suffer more from income inequality.
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Of 120 highest-rigor studies on R/S and well-being, 98 (82%) reported positive relationships and one reported a negative relationship at trend level.
“Of the 120 studies with the highest methodological rigor (7 or higher in quality on the 0–10 scale), 98 (82%) reported positive relationships (including two at a trend level) [67–77] and one study reported a negative relationship (but only at a trend level) [78].”
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- Authors
- Greene, K. V., & Yoon, B. J.
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University (US)
- ORCID
- Greene, Kenneth V
- Venue
- Review of Social Economy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 245-261
- ISSN
- 0034-6764 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1162
- OpenAlex
- W2082920925
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 0.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Social Economy (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
- Keywords
- religiosity, life satisfaction, religious attachment, religious service attendance, income inequality, political ideology, macroeconomic conditions, subjective well-being
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