Religion and union outcomes: Relationship between religion and premarital cohabitation and marriage in Northern Ireland, 1998-2023.
(2025) EKHS01 20251Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- This thesis investigates the relationship between Protestant and Catholic religious affiliation and union outcomes, as well as religiosity and union outcomes in Northern Ireland. I conduct a multinomial logistic regression analysis using pooled cross-sectional data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey from 1998–2023. I find that cohabitation has increased in the 21st century, and that religion remains strongly associated with cohabitation outcomes. A weaker association is found between religion and marriage. Cohabitation outcomes are strongly associated with religiosity and somewhat associated with religious affiliation. I find that this relationship holds even after controlling for sex, age, education, and place of residence.... (More)
- This thesis investigates the relationship between Protestant and Catholic religious affiliation and union outcomes, as well as religiosity and union outcomes in Northern Ireland. I conduct a multinomial logistic regression analysis using pooled cross-sectional data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey from 1998–2023. I find that cohabitation has increased in the 21st century, and that religion remains strongly associated with cohabitation outcomes. A weaker association is found between religion and marriage. Cohabitation outcomes are strongly associated with religiosity and somewhat associated with religious affiliation. I find that this relationship holds even after controlling for sex, age, education, and place of residence. Additionally, the relationship between religiosity and cohabitation remains strong in the 2010s and there is divergence in cohabitation probability among 18–34-year-olds of different religiosity-levels. The findings suggest that religious values are linked with family values even in contemporary Northern Ireland. The findings also suggest that religion remains important in demographic behaviour in Northern Ireland, and that family formation realities are diverging between active and inactive churchgoers. (Less)
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- author
- Torppa, Reetta Elina LU
- supervisor
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- Martin Dribe LU
- organization
- course
- EKHS01 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- cohabitation, marriage, religious affiliation, church attendance, Northern Ireland
- language
- English
- id
- 9201040
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-17 14:26:45
- date last changed
- 2025-06-17 14:26:45
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abstract = {{This thesis investigates the relationship between Protestant and Catholic religious affiliation and union outcomes, as well as religiosity and union outcomes in Northern Ireland. I conduct a multinomial logistic regression analysis using pooled cross-sectional data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey from 1998–2023. I find that cohabitation has increased in the 21st century, and that religion remains strongly associated with cohabitation outcomes. A weaker association is found between religion and marriage. Cohabitation outcomes are strongly associated with religiosity and somewhat associated with religious affiliation. I find that this relationship holds even after controlling for sex, age, education, and place of residence. Additionally, the relationship between religiosity and cohabitation remains strong in the 2010s and there is divergence in cohabitation probability among 18–34-year-olds of different religiosity-levels. The findings suggest that religious values are linked with family values even in contemporary Northern Ireland. The findings also suggest that religion remains important in demographic behaviour in Northern Ireland, and that family formation realities are diverging between active and inactive churchgoers.}},
author = {{Torppa, Reetta Elina}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Religion and union outcomes: Relationship between religion and premarital cohabitation and marriage in Northern Ireland, 1998-2023.}},
year = {{2025}},
}