TY - JOUR
T1 - The Religiously Unaffiliated in Germany, 1949–2013
T2 - Contrasting Patterns of Social Change in East and West
AU - Hardy, Melissa
AU - Skirbekk, Vegard
AU - Stonawski, Marcin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - In this case study of Germany, we use repeated cross-sectional surveys to analyze the temporal structure, gender gap, and educational gradient of the unaffiliated in the post-war period in the West. The continuing institutional role for religion in the West and the rapid de-institutionalization and subsequent re-institutionalization of religion in the East informs the comparison of the unaffiliated in East and West since unification. Stronger age effects in the East, persistent period effects in the West, and cohort effects combine with a stronger educational gradient and larger gender gap in the West to define the contrasting features of the changes in religious affiliation.
AB - In this case study of Germany, we use repeated cross-sectional surveys to analyze the temporal structure, gender gap, and educational gradient of the unaffiliated in the post-war period in the West. The continuing institutional role for religion in the West and the rapid de-institutionalization and subsequent re-institutionalization of religion in the East informs the comparison of the unaffiliated in East and West since unification. Stronger age effects in the East, persistent period effects in the West, and cohort effects combine with a stronger educational gradient and larger gender gap in the West to define the contrasting features of the changes in religious affiliation.
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U2 - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1593064
DO - 10.1080/00380253.2019.1593064
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064735337
SN - 0038-0253
VL - 61
SP - 254
EP - 286
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -
