Looking Backward: A Cross-National Study of Religious Trends [Iannaccone]
Laurence R. Iannaccone
Abstract: Retrospective questions in the 1991 and 1998 ISSP surveys yield detailed estimates of religious trends across dozens of countries. The estimates span most of the 20th century and appear to be remarkably consistent, reliable, and unbiased. Retrospective data thus greatly increase our knowledge of recent religious history, and retrospective methods provide inexpensive means to expand it further still. Even a cursory analysis of the ISSP data offer numerous new insights regarding secularization, the impact of Vatican II, religion and gender, religious repression, and the religious socialization of youth. The potential for further insights is immense.
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Iannaccone - Looking Backward.pdf [155.69KB]
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Iannaccone - Looking Backward - Supplement A.pdf [83.04KB]
Published 07/29/2003
Filed under: (2003), *iannaccone, attendance, issp, religion, retrospective, trends