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The religious identity of 16- to 19-year-old Catholic school leavers within the Republic of Ireland in 2003 : exploring sex differences
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McGrady, Andrew, Francis, Leslie J. and McKenna, Ursula (2019) The religious identity of 16- to 19-year-old Catholic school leavers within the Republic of Ireland in 2003 : exploring sex differences. In: Byrne, Gareth and Francis, Leslie J., (eds.) Religion and Education: The voices of young people in Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Veritas, pp. 163-185. ISBN 9781847308900
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Abstract
Against the background of the changing religious, cultural and social landscape of the Republic of Ireland, this study was designed to explore the religious identity of 16- to 19-year-old school-leavers in single sex Catholic voluntary secondary schools in the early 2000s. Drawing on data provided by 1,648 young women and 1,231 young men who self-identified as Catholics, the analyses explored the themes of religious attendance, sacramental participation, self-assessed religiosity, personal religiosity, anticipated future religious engagement, influences on religiosity, and religious affect. The most important findings from the study is that both young male and young female Catholic school-leavers perceive themselves as being less religious and less institutionally affiliated than their perceptions of their parents. While, in accordance with general findings elsewhere young women are more likely to engage in prayer than young men, within the Republic of Ireland young women feel less positively about the Church than young men and are more likely to feel alienated from institutional Catholicism.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||
Publisher: | Veritas | ||||
Place of Publication: | Dublin, Ireland | ||||
ISBN: | 9781847308900 | ||||
Book Title: | Religion and Education: The voices of young people in Ireland | ||||
Editor: | Byrne, Gareth and Francis, Leslie J. | ||||
Official Date: | 2019 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 287 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 163-185 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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