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Household Allocation of Time and Church Attendance
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This paper presents the first systematic attempt by economists to analyze the determinants of individuals' participation in religious activities. A multiperiod utility-maximizing model of household behavior is developed which includes among its implications the shape of a household's life-cycle religious-participation profile and the division of religious participation between husband and wife. The theory is empirically tested using statewide church-membership data and survey data on individuals' frequency of church attendance. The paper concludes by discussing several extensions of the model which lead to additional potentially testable hypotheses.
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“Azzi and Ehrenberg (1975) presented an analysis of individual religiosity as a function of the maximization of household allocation of time and found that people were attempting to rationally engage in religious behaviors such that they maximized the return on their time investments.”
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- Authors
- Azzi, C., & Ehrenberg, R.
- Affiliations
- Lawrence University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Political Economy
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1975-02
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-56
- ISSN
- 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-534X
- OpenAlex
- W2034069507
- Cited by
- 711
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 37
- FWCI
- 2.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Political Economy (publishedVersion)
- eCommons (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- church attendance, religious participation, household time allocation, church membership
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