WVS Webinar on September 16. Religion and Self-Perceived Social Class: What WVS Data Tell Us
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JHhNnCZwRcGxHHuEFwnfKg
Social class is generally understood as a multidimensional phenomenon shaped by economic and social circumstances, yet considerably less is known about how religion enters into individuals’ perceptions of their own class position. Drawing on WVS Wave 7 data from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Turkey, and the United States, the study examines whether religious values, beliefs, and practices are systematically associated with respondents’ identification with five social-class categories: upper, upper-middle, lower-middle, working, and lower class.
The analysis shows that self-perceived class position is associated with several dimensions of religiosity, including views of the relationship between science and religion, acceptance of one’s religion, attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer, self-identification as a religious person, and understandings of the meaning of religion. At the same time, the patterns differ across countries and social-class categories, highlighting the importance of examining the relationship between religion and subjective social stratification comparatively. Read full paper here.
Aggeliki Yfanti is a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Greek Society, Academy of Athens. Her research focuses on social stratification, social policy, labour-market measurement, survey methodology, and quantitative social research. Her recent work examines subjective social-class identification and the social, demographic, and attitudinal factors associated with it, with several studies drawing on World Values Survey data.
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