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Religious Differences in Self-Rated Health Among US Jews: Findings from Five Urban Population Surveys

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Religion and Health, January 2015
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Title
Religious Differences in Self-Rated Health Among US Jews: Findings from Five Urban Population Surveys
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Journal of Religion and Health, January 2015
DOI 10.1007/s10943-014-9998-9
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Jeff Levin

Abstract

Research findings on religion and health among Jews are in relatively short supply. While recent studies report on the health of Israelis and the mental health of Jews in the USA, little information exists on the physical health of US Jews, especially from population surveys. In this study, data are analyzed from five urban surveys of Jews conducted since 2000: two surveys from New York (N = 4,533; N = 5,993) and one apiece from Chicago (N = 1,993), Philadelphia (N = 1,217), and Boston (N = 1,766). A strategy of two-way ANCOVA with interaction was used to test for differences in self-rated health across five categories of Jewish religious affiliation (secular, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox) and four categories of synagogue attendance (from never to at least weekly). Findings, adjusted for age and effects of other covariates, reveal that affiliated and synagogue-attending Jews report moderately better health than secular and non-attending Jews.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 27%
Student > Master 4 18%
Researcher 2 9%
Student > Bachelor 2 9%
Professor 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 6 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 3 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Psychology 3 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 9%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 9%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 6 27%
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