Moving Away from Religion: Age, Cohort, or Period Effect? Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey in Switzerland

Since Voas and Crockett (2005), a consensus has emerged in the sociology of religions on the fact that secularization is largely due to a cohort effect. That is, each birth cohort is less religious than the previous one. We use data from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), a multi-thematic survey based...

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Published in:	Religions
Main Authors:	Christophe Monnot, Boris Wernli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Subjects:	cohort effect period effect age effect Switzerland longitudinal study secularization
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/493