RT Article
T1 Are Religiosity and Spirituality Related to Self-Reported Health Expectancy? An Analysis of the European Values Survey
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 61
IS 3
SP 2590
OP 2604
A1 Libby, Gillian
A1 Zimmer, Zachary
A1 Kingston, Andrew
A1 Haviva, Clove
A1 Chiu, Chi-Tsun
A1 Ofstedal, Mary Beth
A1 Saitō, Yasuhiko 1947-
A1 Jagger, Carol
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/180537351X
AB Research on religiosity and health has generally focussed on the United States, and outcomes of health or mortality but not both. Using the European Values Survey 2008, we examined cross-sectional associations between four dimensions of religiosity/spirituality: attendance, private prayer, importance of religion, belief in God; and healthy life expectancy (HLE) based on self-reported health across 47 European countries (n = 65,303 individuals). Greater levels of private prayer, importance of religion and belief in God, at a country level, were associated with lower HLE at age 20, after adjustment for confounders, but only in women. The findings may explain HLE inequalities between European countries.
K1 Comparative Research
K1 Health expectancy
K1 Religion
K1 Self-rated health
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1007/s10943-021-01348-w