Changing Patterns of Religious Affiliation,Religiosity, and Marital Dissolution: A 35-Year Study of Three-Generation Families |
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| Authors: | Susan McDaniel Adebiyi Germain Boco Sara Zella |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada susan.mcdaniel@uleth.ca;3. Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada |
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| Abstract: | This article examines multiple aspects of religion and the risk of marital dissolution with a life course lens. Relying on the Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), 1971 to 2005, we explore the effects of religion on the risk of first marital dissolution. Using discrete time-logit analysis, we find that the effect of religion and religiosity on divorce and separation were not significant, after controlling for sociodemographic factors, such as gender, ethnicity, marriage cohort, education, presence of children, household income, and employment status. Our findings support exchange theory that emphasizes educational and financial resources as key factors in divorce rather than religion or religiosity. |
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| Keywords: | life course Longitudinal Study of Generations marital dissolution religiosity religious affiliation |
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