FP-22-18 Marital Status Variation in Religiosity Among Older Women and Men

TitleFP-22-18 Marital Status Variation in Religiosity Among Older Women and Men
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsMarino, FA, Mellencamp, KA
Document Number 287
InstitutionNational Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles
KeywordsCouples, Divorce, Marital quality, religiosity
Abstract

Religiosity, feelings of closeness to a God, and involvement in religious activities, are linked to higher levels of couples’
commitment to one another and marital quality (Dollahite & Lambert, 2007). In long-term couples they are associated with a
reduced likelihood of divorce (Dollahite & Lambert, 2007; Tuttle & Davis, 2015). A growing number of older adults are currently
unmarried due to increasing shares experiencing a gray divorce (Brown & Lin, 2022, 2012) or never marrying (Lin & Brown, 2012),
demonstrating the need to explore the heterogeneity in church attendance and religious attitudes among the unmarried. Using
the 2016 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this family profile examines religious service attendance and religious
attitudes by marital status among adults aged 65 and older, distinguishing between women and men.

URLhttps://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ncfmr_family_profiles/287
Citation Key12640