Major
Sociology
Anticipated Graduation Year
2022
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Each year, college-age populations are increasingly reporting that they identify as non-religious and are attending religious services less frequently, resulting in a larger presence of a group known as religious “Nones.” In the past, social researchers have used religious affiliation and attendance to predict opinions on political ideologies. However, with this increasing prevalence of “Nones” among college-age populations, it is more difficult to use religious variables to predict political views. In this paper, I will analyze recent GSS data and an original survey to capture a contemporary picture of college-age respondents’ religiosity and political beliefs.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Dr. Marilyn Krogh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology; Dr. David Doherty, Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Supported By
Recipient of the 2021 Leibman Summer Research Fellowship, The Scholl Foundation
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
College-Aged Religious “Nones” and their Political Views: A Comparison in the Wake of the Disaffiliation Trend
Each year, college-age populations are increasingly reporting that they identify as non-religious and are attending religious services less frequently, resulting in a larger presence of a group known as religious “Nones.” In the past, social researchers have used religious affiliation and attendance to predict opinions on political ideologies. However, with this increasing prevalence of “Nones” among college-age populations, it is more difficult to use religious variables to predict political views. In this paper, I will analyze recent GSS data and an original survey to capture a contemporary picture of college-age respondents’ religiosity and political beliefs.