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Organizational religious behavior among older African Americans — findings from the National Survey of American Life
Author(s)	Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M Chatters, Kai McKeever Bullard
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 31, no 4, July 2009
Pages	pp 440-462
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Black African ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The authors used data from the older African American subsample of the National Survey of American Life (n = 837) to examine the sociodemographic and denominational correlates of organizational religious involvement among older African Americans. Six measures of organizational religious participation were used, including two measures of time allocation for organized religious pursuits. Significant gender, regional, marital status, and denominational differences in organizational religiosity were found. Of particular note, although older Black women generally displayed higher levels of religious participation, older Black men spent more hours per week in other activities at their places of worship. The findings are discussed in relation to prior work in the area of religious involvement among older adults. New directions for research on religious time allocation are outlined. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090810207 A
Classmark	TKF: EX: TR: 3F: 7T
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