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Religion, religiosity and the attitudes towards homosexuality - A multi-level analysis of 79 countries
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Abstract Although the attitudes towards homosexuality have become more liberal, particularly in industrialized Western countries, there is still a great deal of variance in terms of the worldwide levels of homonegativity. Using data from the two most recent waves of the World Values Survey (1999-2004, 2005-2... mehr
Although the attitudes towards homosexuality have become more liberal, particularly in industrialized Western countries, there is still a great deal of variance in terms of the worldwide levels of homonegativity. Using data from the two most recent waves of the World Values Survey (1999-2004, 2005-2009) this article seeks to explain this variance by means of a multi-level analysis of 79 countries. We include characteristics on the individual level, as age or gender, as well as aggregate variables linked to specificities of the nation-states. In particular, we focus on the religious denomination of a person and her religiosity in order to explain her attitude towards homosexuality. We find clear differences in levels of homonegativity among the followers of the individual religions... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Homosexualität; Einstellung; religiöse Faktoren; Religiosität; internationaler Vergleich; demographische Faktoren; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Homophobia; Multi-level analysis; World Values Survey (1999-2004, 2005-2009)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 207-241
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Homosexuality, 62 (2015) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2014.969071
ISSN
1540-3602
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)