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08.02.2018 | Original Paper

The Inverse U-Shaped Religion–Health Connection Among Israeli Jews

verfasst von: Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Jacob Glazer, Ephraim Shapiro

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 2/2018

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Abstract

A growing body of evidence indicates an association between religion and health. However, few have studied the connection between the extent of an individual’s religiosity and his health. Analysis of the 2004 Israel National Health Survey was performed. Religiosity was self-identified using five continuous categories, distinctive to Israeli Jews. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examined the relationship between the extent of Religious commitment and several health outcomes. The relationship took the shape of an inverse U function: Israeli Jews in the middle religiously have the worst physical and mental health status on both unadjusted and adjusted bases. Israeli Jews exhibit a non-trivial connection between religiosity and health whereby the most Secular and the most Religious individuals seem to be healthier than individuals in between.

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Titel: The Inverse U-Shaped Religion–Health Connection Among Israeli Jews
verfasst von: Shuli Brammli-Greenberg
Jacob Glazer
Ephraim Shapiro
Publikationsdatum: 08.02.2018
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0577-3

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