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Religious and spiritual involvement among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and non-Hispanic Whites
— findings from the National Survey of American Life | | Author(s) | Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M Chatters, James S Jackson |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp S238-S250 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Black people ; Black Caribbean ; White people ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Participation ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The National Survey of American Life (NSAL) is a nationally representative household study of African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites living in areas at least 10% African American. The authors examined demographic correlates of 16 measures of organisational, non-organisational, and subjective religiosity, as well as religious coping and spirituality. The findings indicate that African Americans and Caribbean Blacks reported higher levels of religious participation, religious coping and spirituality than older Whites. The authors observed few significant differences between older African Americans and older Caribbean Blacks. Gender, age, marital status, income, education and region all exhibited significant influences on religious participation and spirituality. Racial groups within the older population present distinctive profiles of religious participation and spirituality. The demographic correlates of religious involvement and spirituality are consistent across a variety of diverse dimensions and measures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080305220 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKG: TKA: TR: EX: TMB: 48: 7T |
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