TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Garza, Pablo Brañas
AU  - Neuman, Shoshana
        TI  - Analyzing Religiosity Within an Economic Framework: The Case of Spanish Catholics
        PY  - 2003/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 868
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp868
        AB  - Using a sample of Spanish Catholics, we examined the level of religiosity (measured by
beliefs, prayer and church attendance) and the relationship between religiosity and various
socio-economic variables. An Ordered Logit estimation of religiosity equations showed that:
women are more religious than men; religious activity increases with age; there is a
(marginally) significant positive relationship between schooling and religiosity; religiosity is
positively related to exposure to religious activity during childhood; and male religious activity
is positively affected by marital status (being married to a catholic wife) and by the number of
children at home. The results also demonstrate the importance of the “salvation motive” for
the two genders and the presence of the “professional utilitarian motive” in male religious
behaviour.
        KW  - Spain
KW  - religiosity
KW  - prayer
KW  - church attendance
KW  - education
KW  - Ordered Logit
        ER  -