Study Caplovitz & Sherrow (1977): study US 1961

Public

College seniors, USA, 1961

Sample

Respondents

N = 29677

Non Response

18%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Religious identification

Our Classification

Remarks

Ss who had changed to another religion were excluded

Distribution

Identifyers: 87%, apostates: 13%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Two questions:
A In which religion were you being raised?
B What is your religion now?
- Protestant
- Catholic
- Jewish
- other
- none
On the basis of these answers Ss were categorized as either:
1. Identifiers (individuals who still adhered the religion of their parents).                            2.Apostates (individuals being raised in a certain religion but at the time   of the interview adhered to none).

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Observed Relation with Happiness