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The Religious Beliefs and Behaviors of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials: are there still gender differences?
| Title: | The Religious Beliefs and Behaviors of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials: are there still gender differences?. |
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| Name(s): |
Chase, Jessica, Author Gay, David, Committee Chair Donley, Amy, Committee Member Corzine, Harold, Committee Member Matejowsky, Ty, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2016 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The literature describes how changing demographics and cultural factors in recent generations may be contributing to gender differences regarding religion. The present exploratory study uses cross-sectional survey data from the 2012 and 2014 General Social Survey to examine the gender differences in religiosity for Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers. The findings show significant gender and demographic results for attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer, belief in the Bible as the word of God, and belief in life after death for all three generations. Baby Boomer and Millennial women attend religious services more than men, but there is no gender difference for Generation X. However, Women from all generations pray more than men. For belief in the Bible as the word of God, only Baby Boomer women believe more than men. Finally, Millennial women and Generation X women believe in life after death more than men, whereas there is no gender difference in belief for Baby Boomers. Implications of the findings are discussed. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0006282 (IID), ucf:51592 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2016-08-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Sociology Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | millennial generation x baby boomer religion gender | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006282 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2016-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
