Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/98958436174
Anika Frutman
Anika is a Sophomore from Wayland, Massachusetts. She is majoring in Sociology and Government with a concentration in Political Theory. She is a sprinter on the Varsity Track & Field Team and works in Olin Library. This summer she will be working as an intern for a criminal and family law practice, and as a server at a country club.
Abstract: There has been much research on the role of the individual’s education on their religious beliefs. This study sought to expand that research to explore a potential relationship between the education of an individual’s parents on their religiosity. Using data from the 2024 General Social Survey, individual factors of religiosity were summed to create an overall religiosity score. Information on the educational attainment of respondent’s parents was used to denote if individuals had 0, 1, or 2 parents with an education past high school. A linear regression predicted that, on average, having one or more parent with an education past high school is associated with a lower religiosity score. Further, sex was found to be an additional explanatory variable, with females having a higher average religiosity score than males across all categories of parental educational attainment. These results imply that if the amount of educated adults in the US that go on to raise children increases, there will be a subsequent decrease in the religiosity of the next generation. If the amount of adults obtaining higher education does not increase, religiosity level of the next generation will remain relatively stable.
QAC-201-Poster