Religious Mobility and Socioeconomic Status

Analysis of a 1955 survey of the American white adult population indicates that only fifteen percent have changed their religious membership. The Catholic, Jewish, and Baptist groups are the most stable. The higher-status Presbyterian, Congregational and Episcopalian denominations had the highest pr...

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Published in:Sociological Analysis 1971-10, Vol.32 (3), p.140-148
Main Author: Alston, Jon P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baptists
Bile
Catholicism
Lutheranism
Methodism
Mobility
Personality psychology
Proportions
Protestantism
Religion/Religions/Religious
Religious identity
Socioeconomic (see also Socioeconomic status)
Socioeconomic status
Status/Statuses
United States/US
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Summary:Analysis of a 1955 survey of the American white adult population indicates that only fifteen percent have changed their religious membership. The Catholic, Jewish, and Baptist groups are the most stable. The higher-status Presbyterian, Congregational and Episcopalian denominations had the highest proportions of members who had changed their membership. No differences are found between the religious mobiles and non-mobiles in terms of occupation, education, and age. However, the religious mobiles were predominately (65%) females, indicating that most religious mobility involves intermarriage. Mobiles were also found to be slightly more active church-goers than were the non-mobiles.
ISSN:1069-4404
0038-0210
1759-8818
DOI:10.2307/3709997