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Modernizzazione e differenze di genere nella religiosità: il caso italiano
Modernization and the gender gap in religiosity: the Italian case
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Abstract The intention of this study based on analysis of the series of European Value Study (1990, 1999, 2009 and 2018) is to investigate, using a comparative, diachronic approach, the relationship between modernization and the gender gap in religiosity in Italy. In line with the theoretical perspective whi... view more
The intention of this study based on analysis of the series of European Value Study (1990, 1999, 2009 and 2018) is to investigate, using a comparative, diachronic approach, the relationship between modernization and the gender gap in religiosity in Italy. In line with the theoretical perspective which valorizes the role of culture in explaining this relationship, our hypothesis is that the most modernized areas demonstrate a more contained gender gap. We expect that differences of religiosity between men and women are more contained in the country's north-central zones - characterized by higher levels of modernization - compared with the south. Furthermore, since the distance between the levels of modernization in the two areas has not increased noticeably over the last three decades, we could be forgiven for expecting that the difference between them in the religious field would not reveal important changes. To our surprise, the findings of the analyses offer but limited support to our hypothesis.... view less
Keywords
EVS; Italy; modernization; gender relations; gender-specific factors; religiousness
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
EVS 1990; EVS 1999; EVS 2008; EVS 2017
Document language
Italian
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 161-186
Journal
Quaderni di Sociologia, 45 (2021) 87
Issue topic
Changing values in a changing world? Italy in the European Values Study and World Values Survey (2018)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/qds.4795
ISSN
2421-5848
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0