scholarly journals Religious Organizations and Homosexuality: The Acceptance of Gays and Lesbians in American Congregations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Congregational Life ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Gays And Lesbians ◽  
Nationally Representative

The participation of gays and lesbians in all aspects of society is continually disputed in the United States. Religion is one of the key battlegrounds. The extent to which religious congregations include lesbians and gays in congregational life is vital to the wider debate over homosexuality because congregations consistently influence more Americans than any other voluntary social institution (Putnam 2000). Using nationally representative data from the 2006-2007 National Congregations Study this analysis investigates the level of acceptance of gays and lesbians within congregations as well as which congregations are most likely to allow lesbians and gays to become involved. I find that religious tradition, theological and political ideology, location, and demographic composition of congregations all influence the degree to which gays and lesbians are included into congregational life.

Using Citizen Surveys to Produce Information on the Police: The Present and Potential Uses of the National Crime Victimization Survey

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Crime And Criminal Justice

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a major source of nationally representative data on crime and the response to crime in the United States. The survey's potential to add to our understanding of crime and criminal justice issues has not been fully exploited, however. One of the areas where more effective use could be made of the information gathered by the survey is policing. This paper suggests how the NCVS can more fully realize its potential for informing issues pertaining to the police.

Dov'č l'occupazione nella mobilitŕ occupazionale?

2009 ◽  
pp. 119-138
Author(s):  
David Grusky ◽  
Jan O. Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Class Reproduction ◽  
Nationally Representative

- Using nationally representative data from the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Japan, we show that (a) micro-classes are an important conduit for social reproduction, (b) the most extreme rigidities in the mobility regime are only revealed when analyses are carried out at the micro-class level, (c) much of what shows up as big-class reproduction in conventional mobility analyses is in fact micro-class reproduction in disguise, and (d) trends in big-class reproduction are different than trends in micro-class reproduction.Keywords: Social mobility, Inequality of opportunity, Social reproduction, Comparative Studies, Occupational stratification

Treatment of Preadolescent Acne in the United States: An Analysis of Nationally Representative Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 689-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Davis ◽  
Laura F. Sandoval ◽  
Cheryl J. Gustafson ◽  
Steven R. Feldman ◽  
Kelly M. Cordoro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Nationally Representative

Faith-Health Collaboration in the United States: Results from a Nationally Representative Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Jacob Steinman ◽  
Athe Bambakidis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Low Income ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Nationally Representative

Purpose. Estimate the prevalence of and identify characteristics associated with religious congregations' collaboration with health agencies. Design. Cross-sectional analyses of self-report data from the National Congregations Study, a random sample of religious congregations generated from the 1998 General Social Survey. Setting. United States. Subjects. Key informants from 1236 congregations. Each respondent described a single congregation. Measures. Respondents provided open-ended descriptions of congregational programs. Researchers coded program descriptions by content (e.g., domestic violence) and whether the program involved collaboration with a secular agency. Other congregational characteristics (e.g., denomination) were measured by validated measures and linked census tract data. Results. Overall, 11.1% of congregations participated in faith-health collaboration (FHC). Logistic regression analyses found that FHC was more common among congregations with more members, with a small proportion of congregants under 35 years, and with a senior pastor with a graduate degree. Other effects were conditional; for instance, denominational differences varied depending on urban/suburban/rural location and the proportion of low-income members. Conclusion. This study provides the first national estimates of the prevalence of FHC. Such collaborative efforts may require different approaches in different areas. These results can help practitioners identify congregations that may be more willing to collaborate.

American Religion

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Chaves
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
American Religion ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Congregational Life ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Protestant Denominations

Most Americans say they believe in God, and more than a third say they attend religious services every week. Yet studies show that people do not really go to church as often as they claim, and it is not always clear what they mean when they tell pollsters they believe in God or pray. This book presents up-to-date information about religious trends in the United States, in a succinct and accessible manner. The book provides essential information about key developments in American religion since 1972, and is the first major resource of its kind to appear in more than two decades. The book looks at trends in diversity, belief, involvement, congregational life, leadership, liberal Protestant decline, and polarization. It draws on two important surveys: the General Social Survey, an ongoing survey of Americans' changing attitudes and behaviors, begun in 1972; and the National Congregations Study, a survey of American religious congregations across the religious spectrum. The book finds that American religious life has seen much continuity in recent decades, but also much change. It challenges the popular notion that religion is witnessing a resurgence in the United States—in fact, traditional belief and practice is either stable or declining. The book examines why the decline in liberal Protestant denominations has been accompanied by the spread of liberal Protestant attitudes about religious and social tolerance, how confidence in religious institutions has declined more than confidence in secular institutions, and a host of other crucial trends.

Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the Robustness of Support for Democracy in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 392-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHEW H. GRAHAM ◽  
MILAN W. SVOLIK
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Support For Democracy ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Democratic Stability ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Do So

Is support for democracy in the United States robust enough to deter undemocratic behavior by elected politicians? We develop a model of the public as a democratic check and evaluate it using two empirical strategies: an original, nationally representative candidate-choice experiment in which some politicians take positions that violate key democratic principles, and a natural experiment that occurred during Montana’s 2017 special election for the U.S. House. Our research design allows us to infer Americans’ willingness to trade-off democratic principles for other valid but potentially conflicting considerations such as political ideology, partisan loyalty, and policy preferences. We find the U.S. public’s viability as a democratic check to be strikingly limited: only a small fraction of Americans prioritize democratic principles in their electoral choices, and their tendency to do so is decreasing in several measures of polarization, including the strength of partisanship, policy extremism, and candidate platform divergence. Our findings echo classic arguments about the importance of political moderation and cross-cutting cleavages for democratic stability and highlight the dangers that polarization represents for democracy.

The moderating role of interest in politics and news consumption in the relationship between political ideology and beliefs about science and scientists in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-796
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Hardy ◽  
Meghnaa Tallapragada
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

In the United States, an ideological and partisan divide in beliefs about science is well documented. In this study, we further examine this partisan divide and how this relationship is conditioned on levels of political interest and news consumption. Analyzing data from three nationally representative U.S. surveys, we replicate past research and find ideological divisions in evaluations of, and beliefs about, science and scientists. We then show that greater interest in politics and news consumption is more strongly related to positive beliefs about science and scientists among liberals than among moderates and conservatives.

scholarly journals Disparities in Disruptions to Postsecondary Education Plans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842110454
Author(s):  
Ran Liu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Household Vulnerability ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Education Plans ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The U.S

This study examines disruptions to postsecondary education plans in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using nationally representative data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey from August 2020 through March 2021, we investigate the prevalence, forms, reasons, and disparities of education disruption across different sociodemographic groups. While nearly three in four households report education plan disruption, the forms and reasons are drastically different. Black and Latinx respondents are more likely to report plan cancellation, while Whites are more likely to report taking classes in different formats. Non-White groups are more likely to cancel plans due to health or financial concerns, while Whites are more likely to cancel plans due to concerns about changes to campus life. Results also reveal nuanced intersections of race, type of education plans, and household vulnerability in affecting education disruption, pointing to the necessity of well-targeted initiatives to address long-term consequences and resulting inequality.

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