Religious Homogamy and Marital Satisfaction Reconsidered

摘要: The relationship between religious homogamy and marital satisfaction is examined utilizing log-linear models. Inclusion of the separate effects husband's wife's religion on allows us to control for potentially spurious affiliation satisfaction. Results indicate that homogamous marriages are more satisfying. In order test hypothesis dissatisfaction in heterogeneous arises over conflict regarding socialization children, presence children included. discounted, since effect remains significant. When frequency attendance included, however, becomes nonsignificant, suggesting patterns involvement underlie higher within marriages. this report examined, possible explanations explored. one most recent analyses interreligious marriage, Glenn (1982) finds evidence religiously characterized by greater happiness than heterogamous Males, particular, reported marriages, difference percentage reporting a high level status was statistically significant at .10 level, even after controlling other factors. females, not suggested salient among men because generally adopt values their mothers, so apt create fathers mothers children. Implicit explanation notion identification major source strain