Title

The Narrowing Regional Gap in Church Attendance in the United States

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Rural Sociology

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Abstract

Abstract Students of the South have postulated that southern distinctiveness is eroding. Using General Social Survey data for 1972–1991, the convergence hypothesis is tested for regular church attendance. Regional convergence is found, but only for the rural South. Also, narrowing of regional differences in church attendance is especially pronounced among the young, indicating that the convergence is likely to continue. Despite these results, present church attendance levels remain significantly higher in the South than in the non South. 1994 Rural Sociological Society

Volume

59

Issue

3

First Page

515

Last Page

524

DOI

10.1111/j.1549-0831.1994.tb00545.x

ISSN

00360112

E-ISSN

15490831

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