Levin J S, Taylor R J, Chatters L M
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
J Gerontol. 1994 May;49(3):S137-45. doi: 10.1093/geronj/49.3.s137.
Using data from four national surveys, this article presents findings on racial and gender differences in religiosity among older adults. Surveys include the second Quality of American Life study, the Myth and Reality of Aging study, wave one of Americans' Changing Lives, and the 1987 sample of the General Social Survey. These four data sources collectively include a broad range of items which tap the constructs of organizational, nonorganizational, and subjective religiosity. In all four studies, and for most indicators, results revealed significant racial and gender differences which consistently withstood controlling for sociodemographic effects, including age, education, marital status, family income, region, urbanicity, and subjective health.
本文利用四项全国性调查的数据，呈现了关于老年人宗教虔诚度方面种族和性别差异的研究结果。这些调查包括第二项美国生活质量研究、衰老的神话与现实研究、美国人生活变化的第一波调查以及1987年综合社会调查样本。这四个数据来源共同涵盖了广泛的项目，涉及组织性、非组织性和主观宗教虔诚度等方面。在所有四项研究中，对于大多数指标而言，结果都显示出显著的种族和性别差异，这些差异在控制了社会人口学效应（包括年龄、教育程度、婚姻状况、家庭收入、地区、城市化程度和主观健康状况）后依然存在。
