title: Comment on "catholicism and indices of social pathology in the states".
abstract: Although some indices of social pathology were associated with the proportion of Roman Catholics in the states in a 1980 data set, these associations were confounded by the association of the proportion of Roman Catholics with the proportion of Jews and the urban/wealth characteristics of the states.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012940:Social Problems / Q000523:psychology*; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology