Racial difference of religiosity in a heterogeneous older population had long been a focal point of gerontological research. However, most religiosity measures were developed from homogenous sample, few underwent rigorous psychometric validation, and studies on racial difference of religiosity had been obstructed. This cross-sectional study adapted a religiosity measure originally designed for ...

BACKGROUND The children of teen mothers have been reported to have higher rates of several unfavorable mental health outcomes. Past research suggests several possible mechanisms for an association between religiosity and teen birth rate in communities. METHODS The present study compiled publicly accessible data on birth rates, conservative religious beliefs, income, and abortion rates in the ...

This study examines whether religiosity at the county level will influence the firms take over decision. I find robust evidence that firms headquartered in counties with higher levels of religiosity exhibit lower risky take over decisions. This finding is consistent with the view that religion, as a set of social norms, helps to curb risky activities by managers.

Introduction: North Khorasan province has experienced fertility decline and negative population growth during the last decade. Attitude towards value of children is one of the main determining drivers of fertility. Method: The research method was cross-sectional survey. The sample size was 166 married women aged 15-49 that were selected by multistage sampling method. Data collection instrument...

the main purpose of this article is to study comparatively the political participation of young and middle-aged people in noorabad mamasani and its related social factors. to explain the research problem, we have used the theory of political socialization and milbrath’s theory. we distributed questionnaires among 610 young and middle aged people in noorabad mamasani, who were selected through a...

Patient-centered care is widely supported by physicians, but this wide-spread support potentially obscures the social patterning of clinical interactions. We know that patients often want religious/spiritual conversations in the context of medical care but the provision is infrequent. As there is regional variance in religiosity, a gap in the literature exists regarding whether patient populati...