Multiple (Non)Religious Identities Leads to Undercounting Religious Nones and Asian Religious Identities

The study of religion typically assumes that individuals can only identify with one religion, which is inconsistent with lived religious experience. Surveys that only allow respondents to select one choice may underrepresent religious traditions in which multiple religious identities are more likely...

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VerfasserInnen: Corcoran, Katie E. (VerfasserIn) ; Scheitle, Christopher P. 1981- (VerfasserIn) ; Dabbs, Ellory ca. 20./21. Jh. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 60, Heft: 2, Seiten: 424-441
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B USA / Religiöse Identität / Asiaten / Religiöser Pluralismus / Areligiosität / Messung
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
KBQ Nordamerika
ZB Soziologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Surveys
B Religious Identity
B religious nones
B Multiple Religious Belonging
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Zusammenfassung:The study of religion typically assumes that individuals can only identify with one religion, which is inconsistent with lived religious experience. Surveys that only allow respondents to select one choice may underrepresent religious traditions in which multiple religious identities are more likely. We argue that religious “nones” and those who identify with Asian religions will be more likely to identify multiple (non)religious identities and that this will lead to these identities being undercounted in surveys allowing individuals to select only one identity. We use a sample of Mechanical Turk participants half of whom received the standard one choice (non)religious identity option and the other half could select as many (non)religious identities as they wanted. This allows us to show which (non)religious identities are undercounted when only one selection is permitted and to identify what factors are associated with reporting more than one (non)religious identity. We find support for our hypotheses.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12719