Intrinsic Religiosity, Personality Traits, and Adolescent Risky Behaviors

Mendolia, Silvia and Paloyo, Alfredo R. and Walker, Ian (2019) Intrinsic Religiosity, Personality Traits, and Adolescent Risky Behaviors. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 19 (3): 20180311. ISSN 1935-1682

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Abstract

We investigate the relationship between self-reported importance of religion and risky behaviors in adolescence using data from a large and detailed longitudinal study of English teenagers. We use school and individual fixed effects, and treatment effects with inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment, controlling for a rich set of characteristics, including individual personality traits. Our results show that individuals with low religiosity are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002

Subjects:

?? health behaviourspanel datareligiosityeconomics and econometricseconomics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous) ??

Departments:

Lancaster University Management School > Economics

ID Code:

134969

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

25 Jun 2019 10:20

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

06 Nov 2024 01:13

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/134969