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Age differences in patterns and correlates of the frequency of prayer
Author(s)Jeffrey S Levin, Robert Joseph Taylor
Journal titleThe Gerontologist, vol 37, no 1, February 1997
Pagespp 75-88
KeywordsPrayers ; Age group distribution statistics ; Sexual equality ; Ethnic groups ; Religion ; Correlation ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
AnnotationThis study examines differences by age group in: the frequency of prayer; racial and gender variation in prayer; and religious sociodemographic correlates of prayer. Analyses were conducted across four age groups - 18-30, 31-40, 41-60, and 61 and over - using data from the 1988 US National Opinion Research Center (NORC) General Social Survey (n=1481). Findings reveal that prayer is frequently practised at all ages, but more frequently in older age groups. Females, and to a lesser extent, African Americans pray more frequently than males and whites, respectively. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses reveal statistically significant associations across age groups between prayer and key measures of religious behaviour, feeling, belief and experience.
Accession NumberCPA-970702011 A
ClassmarkOWP: S6: TM8: TK: TR: 49: 3F: 7T

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