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SUBMITTER: Uecker J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096940 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal for the scientific study of religion 20140601 2
Early marriage has important consequences for individuals in the United States. Several studies have linked religion to early marriage but have not examined this relationship in depth. Using data from Waves 1, 3, and 4 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, I conduct multilevel event-history analysis to examine how religion, at both individual and contextual levels, is associated with early marriage. Further, I test mediators of the religion-early marriage relationship. I find ...[more]