Does religious diversity make us unhappy?

I investigate the effect of religious diversity on well-being using the World Values Survey data across 77 countries. Religious diversity is measured as fractionalisation or polarisation. People are unhappy in religiously diverse societies. One explanation is that people have a need to belong and li...

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主要作者: Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Taylor & Francis 2011
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2011, 卷: 14, 發布: 10, Pages: 1063-1076
Further subjects:B World Values Survey
B Polarisation
B 宗教
B Life Satisfaction
B fractionalisation
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總結:I investigate the effect of religious diversity on well-being using the World Values Survey data across 77 countries. Religious diversity is measured as fractionalisation or polarisation. People are unhappy in religiously diverse societies. One explanation is that people have a need to belong and like to live among like-minded individuals. Another explanation is that religion creates bonding social capital as opposed to bridging social capital. Directions for further research are discussed.
ISSN:1469-9737
Contains:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.550277