Are Religiosity and Spirituality Related to Self-Reported Health Expectancy? An Analysis of the European Values Survey
Abstract: Research on religiosity and health has generally focussed on the United States, and outcomes of health or mortality but not both. Using the European Values Survey 2008, we examined cross-sectional associations between four dimensions of religiosity/spirituality: attendance, private prayer, importance of religion, belief in God; and healthy life expectancy (HLE) based on self-reported health across 47 European countries (n = 65,303 individuals). Greater levels of private prayer, importance of religion and belief in God, at a country level, were associated with lower HLE at age 20, after adjustment for confounders, but only in women. The findings may explain HLE inequalities between European countries
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Religion and Health (2021) ; 1-15
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2021
- Creator
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Libby, Gillian
Zimmer, Zachary
Kingston, Andrew
Haviva, Clove
Chiu, Chi-Tsun
Ofstedal, Mary Beth
Saitō, Yasuhiko
Jagger, Carol
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10.1007/s10943-021-01348-w
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-79150-0
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 1:53 PM CET
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- Libby, Gillian
- Zimmer, Zachary
- Kingston, Andrew
- Haviva, Clove
- Chiu, Chi-Tsun
- Ofstedal, Mary Beth
- Saitō, Yasuhiko
- Jagger, Carol
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2021
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