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Title: Religion Factors Impact on Health Utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79)
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Nolan, Jennifer A. |
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Religion Factors Impact on Health Utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition, December 2005 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Public Health Association Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Religious Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigates the relationships between religiosity factors and self-rated physical and mental health outcomes (SF-12) utilizing the NLSY79 (a national U.S. dataset that follows individuals (1979 to present) on life course changes (N= 12686)). For this study, the subcohort of aged forty and over (n=5588) will be analyzed. The hypothesized pathways of social support and lifestyle/behavior will be tested as possible mediating pathways to explain the relationship between religiosity and health. Religion may buffer the impact of stress on health by offering a social support network. Religious attitudes may affect health through encouraging healthy lifestyles or health related behavior for improved well being. Preliminary results from multiple regression, reveal that increasing religious attendance ranging from several times a year to once a week is associated with better physical health than those that never attended (p<0.05). Educated males (p=0.002) with large family size (p=0.079) and higher net family income (p=0.010) were also more likely to have better physical health. (overall model significance F= 10.275, p<0.000). Frequency of religious attendance greater than once a week was not associated with better physical health (p=0.207). More religious variables such as affiliation, spouse attendance, frequency couples argue about religion and father-child religious participation will be included in subsequent models as well as testing religiosity's effect on mental health. Longitudinal analysis will be performed to analyze the change in health status over time from exposure to religiosity. The mediating and modifying effects of social support and lifestyle behavior will be analyzed. |
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Nolan, Jennifer A. "Religion Factors Impact on Health Utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79)." Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition, December 2005. |