The Impact of Religious Schooling: A Synopsis


 

Publication Date: January 1984

Publisher: Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora

Author(s): Harold S. Himmelfarb

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Academic research; Jewish education

Type: Report

Coverage: Illinois

Abstract:

In : Studies in Jewish Education 2, 255-288. This study assessed the independent effects of school, parents, adolescent friends, spouse, youth groups, and summer camps upon adult religious involvement. Also assessed was the relative influence of other background characteristics such as: secular education, income, age, sex, generation America, parental socio-economic status, social mobility and military service.