SRS 2398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Standard Scale

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2398
• Professor: Theodore Debruyn

Document Summary

There were 6928 people at baseline in 1965 and 2676 of them were still alive in 1994 with the average age being 65. Originally, the study had people between 17 and 65 years old. Religion was the independent variable and mortality (risk of) was the dependent variable. Demographic variables like gender, education, and ethnicity. Health conditions (impaired mobility, chronic conditions, depression). How does attendance at religious services promote survival?" (p. 68) Religious attendance might serve to improve and maintain good health behaviours, mental health, and social relationships. " (p. 68) These were part of the study"s design. Religious affiliation and attendance: affiliation (protestant, catholic, jewish, other, none), attendance (weekly, monthly, yearly). Health practices: smoker (current, former, never), alcohol consumption (greater than or equal to 45 drinks vs. less than 45 drinks per month), exercise (often, sometimes, never), had medical checkup in last year. Mental health: scored according to a standard scale of symptoms of depression.