Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Sociology
Date of Award
5-2014
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Kelly Foster
Committee Members
Martha Copp, Joseph Baker
Abstract
This study examines single mothers compared to coupled mothers and the differences in their public and private practices of religiosity. Data come from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. The study explores the influence of marital status between single and coupled mothers by using regression models to control for income, age, education, and race. Findings suggest that, while there are differences in single and coupled mothers in both their public and private practices of religiosity, the cause of these differences is being driven by other social factors rather than marital status alone. Income, age, education, and race account for most of the differences between single and coupled mother’s religious practices.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Sheets, Natalie J., "Single Mothers and Religiosity" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2356. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2356
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.