title: Catholicism and indices of social pathology in the states.
abstract: In 50 states, percentages of Catholic residents correlated negatively with suicide and divorce rates and positively with abortion rates. The percentages of Catholic residents did not correlate with homicide and illegitimacy rates.
authors.affiliation: University of North Alabama, Florence 35632, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Joubert
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002410:Catholicism; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012940:Social Problems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology