Thursday, July 30, 2009

College & Church

College students majoring in the social sciences and humanities tend to become less religious over their college days. A National Bureau of Economic Research paper along finds education and business become MORE religious over time. tHE determining factors as to whether the student became less or more religious in the study:

  • Worship attendance
  • How important the student valued religion in their life

Other findings: Majoring in the physical sciences did not affect students' religious attendance but these majors put less importance on religion later. Majoring in education appeared to increase service attendance.

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