Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. Religion and Family Life Outcomes
6. 2. Religion and the Timing of First Births in the United States 19
7. 3. Religion and Child Rearing 40
8. 4. Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior 61
9. 5. The Influence of Religion on Ties between the Generations 86
10. 6. Religion and Family Values Reconsidered: Gender Traditionalism among Conservative Protestants 106
11. 7. From Generation to Generation: Religious Involvement and Attitudes toward Family and Pro-Family Outcomes among U.S. Catholics 126
12. 8. Religious Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States: Patterns and Changes over Time 148
13. 9. Childhood Religious Denomination and Early Adult Asset Accumulation 164
14. 10. Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women’s Educational Attainment and Wages 186
15. 11. Religion, Family, and Women’s Employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans 206
16. PART TWO. Religion and Health Outcomes
17. 12. Religion and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life 229
18. 13. Religion and Physical Health among U.S. Adults 248
19. 14. Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults 273
20. 15. Religious Attendance and Cause-Specifi c Mortality in the United States 292
21. 16. Race, Religious Involvement, and Health: The Case of African Americans 321
22. 17. Jewish Identity and Self-Reported Health 349
23. 18. Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, and Reproductive Health: The Mormon Case 368
24. 19. Religion and the New Immigrants: Impact on Health Behaviors and Access to Health Care 385
25. PART THREE. Looking Ahead
26. 20. The Religious Demography of the United States: Dynamics of Affi liation, Participation, and Belief 403
27. 21. Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion, Family Life, and Health in the United States 431
28. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 455
29. INDEX 459