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| Cross-national variations in the correlation between frequency of prayer and health among older Europeans | | Author(s) | Karsten Hank, Barbara Schaan |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 30, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 36-54 |
| Keywords | Prayers ; Health [elderly] ; Cross national surveys ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The relationship was investigated between individuals' present frequency of prayer and various dimensions of older people's physical and mental health in nine European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain and Greece. The authors used data from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to estimate pooled and regional multivariate logistic regression models for four dependent variables: self-perceived general health, general physical health, functional limitations and mental health. The results show that the frequency of prayer in people aged 50+ was negatively correlated with all four health outcomes in the analysis. Moreover, only minor cross-national variations were detected in the prayer-health nexus within continental Europe. Although the cross-sectional nature of the data prohibits any statements about causal relationships underlying the observed correlations, the evidence presented suggests that religion should be considered a potentially relevant factor in future studies of older European health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080121211 A |
| Classmark | OWP: CC: 3K: 74 |
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