The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006292" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006292</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006292" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006292</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies
Original language description
Scholars of religion have long sought to explain the persistent finding that women tend to report greater religiosity than men. However, the size of this “gender gap” may depend on the measure of religiosity employed, the religious tradition being sampled, and socio-demographic factors. Here, we conduct a systematic cross-cultural investigation into the prevalence of, and explanations for, the religiosity gender gap in 2,002 individuals from 14 diverse societies. While variation exists across societies, women in general indicate greater mental commitment (i.e., thinking and worrying more about) to their community’s moralistic god, more frequent participation in rituals for their community’s moralistic god, and more frequent prayer. While we find that the gender gap extends beyond the Christian world, no such difference was seen in religious commitment towards more local gods, to which men tend to show greater commitment. Tentative support is provided for explanations relating gender differences in religiosity to lower formal education and greater mentalizing among women, however an explanation for greater religious commitment to local gods among men remains elusive. Nevertheless, our data suggest that the moralizing gods of some contemporary world religions, unlike local deities and traditions, have evolved in ways that make them more appealing to women.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Religion, Brain & Behavior
ISSN
2153-599X
e-ISSN
2153-5981
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1-2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
18-37
UT code for WoS article
000778745700003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85128364691