Religion and Sexual Behaviors: Understanding the Influence of Islamic Cultures and Religious Affiliation for Explaining Sex Outside of Marriage
Religion and Sexual Behaviors: Understanding the Influence of Islamic Cultures and Religious Affiliation for Explaining Sex Outside of Marriage
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DOI：
10.1177/0003122412458672
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Hayes, Brittany E.
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作者：
Adamczyk, Amy;Hayes, Brittany E.
长期以来，社会科学家一直对文化和结构特征如何塑造个人行为感兴趣。我们通过研究宏观和微观层面的宗教影响如何塑造个人的婚前和婚外性行为的报告来调查这种关系。我们来看看如何识别与世界主要宗教之一-伊斯兰教，印度教，基督教，佛教，或犹太教-和生活在一个国家与穆斯林文化塑造婚外性行为的可能性。使用分层建模技术和来自人口与健康调查的跨国数据，我们发现已婚的印度教徒和穆斯林比已婚的犹太人和基督徒更不可能报告有婚前性行为，而且结婚年龄较早似乎不能解释这种关系。已婚穆斯林也比除佛教徒以外的所有其他宗教的信徒更不可能报告婚外性行为。一个国家中穆斯林的比例降低了婚前性行为的报告几率，这种关系不能用对妇女流动性的限制来解释。这些发现有助于宗教，文化，政策和健康的研究，以及我们对宏观微观关系的理解。
Social scientists have long been interested in how cultural and structural characteristics shape individuals' actions. We investigate this relationship by examining how macro-and micro-level religious effects shape individuals' reports of premarital and extramarital sex. We look at how identifying with one of the major world religions-Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, or Judaism-and living in a nation with a Muslim culture shape the likelihood of sex outside of marriage. Using hierarchical modeling techniques and cross-national data from the Demographic and Health Surveys, we find that ever married Hindus and Muslims are less likely to report having had premarital sex than are ever married Jews and Christians, and an earlier age at marriage does not appear to explain the relationship. Married Muslims are also less likely than affiliates of all other religions, except Buddhists, to report extramarital sex. The percentage Muslim within a nation decreases the odds of reports of premarital sex and this relationship is not explained by restrictions on women's mobility. These findings contribute to research on religion, culture, policy, and health, as well as our understanding of the macro-micro relationship.