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%T Are Religiosity and Spirituality Related to Self-Reported Health Expectancy? An Analysis of the European Values Survey %A Libby, Gillian %A Zimmer, Zachary %A Kingston, Andrew %A Haviva, Clove %A Chiu, Chi-Tsun %A Ofstedal, Mary Beth %A Saito, Yasuhiko %A Jagger, Carol %J Journal of Religion and Health %P 1-15 %D 2021 %K health expectancy; self-rated health; EVS 2008 %@ 1573-6571 %~ FDB %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-79150-0 %X Research on religiosity and health has generally focussed on the United States, and outcomes of health or mortality but not both. Using the European Values Survey 2008, we examined cross-sectional associations between four dimensions of religiosity/spirituality: attendance, private prayer, importance of religion, belief in God; and healthy life expectancy (HLE) based on self-reported health across 47 European countries (n = 65,303 individuals). Greater levels of private prayer, importance of religion and belief in God, at a country level, were associated with lower HLE at age 20, after adjustment for confounders, but only in women. The findings may explain HLE inequalities between European countries. %C CHE %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info