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The Inverse U-shaped religion–health connection among Israeli Jews
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Brammli-Greenberg, Shuli, Glazer, Jacob and Shapiro, Ephraim (2018) The Inverse U-shaped religion–health connection among Israeli Jews. Journal of Religion and Health, 57 (2). pp. 738-750. doi:10.1007/s10943-018-0577-3 ISSN 0022-4197.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0577-3
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BM Judaism H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Health -- Religious aspects -- Judaism, Jews -- Health and hygiene -- Israel, Psychology and religion, Religiousness -- Health aspects, Regression analysis | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Religion and Health | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-4197 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 738-750 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10943-018-0577-3 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 February 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 February 2019 |
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