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| Religious participation among older Black Caribbeans in the United States | | 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 S251-S256 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Black Caribbean ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Participation ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the older Black Caribbean sub-sample of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) - a nationally representative household study of African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites living in areas at least 10% African American - were used to examine selected measures of organisational, non-organisational, and subjective religious participation. The findings indicate important demographic differences in the correlates of religious participation among older Black Caribbeans. In particular, gender, marital status, income, immigrant status and denomination were associated with religious participation. Study findings are discussed in relation to available ethnographic data on Black Caribbeans and previous survey research on religious participation among older African Americans. Although there were several similarities in the research on older African Americans and religious involvement (e.g. marital status, gender, denomination), noted departures from previous research findings (e.g. income effects) may indicate the influence of ethnic group membership and the importance of the immigration experience in shaping distinctive life experiences for older Black Caribbeans. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080305221 A |
| Classmark | TKG: TR: EX: TMB: 3F: 7T |
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