THE ROLE OF PARENTAL RELIGIOSITY IN HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION

@article{Stokes2008THERO,
  title={THE ROLE OF PARENTAL RELIGIOSITY IN HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION},
  author={Charles E. Stokes},
  journal={Sociological Spectrum},
  year={2008},
  volume={28},
  pages={531 - 555}
}
  • Charles E. Stokes
  • Published 2008
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Sociological Spectrum
    • Scientists have produced a modest literature documenting the associations between individual religious behaviors and educational outcomes. Most scholars hypothesize that religion provides a context of social capital in which students reap educational benefit (or detriment) from the adults in the religious community. Despite the intergenerational influence inherent in the various social capital explanations, few studies have directly examined the role of parental religiosity in the educational… CONTINUE READING
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