Arbeitspapier

It Is About Believing: Superstition and Religiosity

This paper has a novel framework analysing what shapes superstition in a multivariate analysis. The results indicate that socio-demographic and socio-economic variables matter. The results also indicate that there is a certain concurrence between churches and superstitious beliefs. In most of the cases we observe a negative correlation between superstition and attendance of church and other religious activities. Closeness to the churches goes in line with lower superstition. On the other hand, a generally higher perceived religiosity increases superstition. Furthermore, there is the tendency that people without a religious denomination have the lowest belief in superstition. Finally, the results indicate that there is a strong variety in superstition among countries. Especially people from formerly Communist countries have a higher degree of superstition than others.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2003-10

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Thema
Superstition
Religiosity
Culture

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Torgler, Benno
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
(wo)
Basel
(wann)
2003

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Torgler, Benno
  • Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)

Entstanden

  • 2003

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