Non-organizational religious participation, subjective religiosity, and spirituality among older African Americans and Black Caribbeans.
This study utilizes data from the National Survey of American Life to examine the sociodemographic and denominational correlates of religious involvement and spirituality among older African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Eleven measures of non-organizational religious participation, subjective religiosity, and spirituality are utilized. The findings indicate significant gender, income, region, marital status, denominational, and immigration status differences in religiosity and spirituality. Among older Black Caribbeans, income was a consistent correlate of religious participation and spirituality. The findings are discussed in relation to prior work in the area of religious involvement among older adults.
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106, USA. rjtaylor@umich.edu
Robert Joseph
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Taylor
Linda M
LM
Chatters
Sean
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Joe
D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States