ABSTRACT

Growing body of academic literature indicates changing patterns of intergenerational faith transmission. We analyse empirical evidence from Lithuania to verify factors determining the transmission of faith in a family setting. We assess if parents’ religious conservatism affects the probability transfer of parents’ beliefs to their offspring. Specifically, we propose that parents holding orthodox religious beliefs face no advantage in transferring these beliefs to their children, unless they exhibit other attributes of religious conservatism. We estimate our models with data from a survey of 300 parent-child dyads in Lithuania, conducted in June 2021. Results of logistic regression analysis confirm our expectations and open new questions for future research.

摘要

越来越多的学术文献表明代际信仰传播模式正在发生变化。我们分析了立陶宛的经验证据，以验证决定家庭环境中信仰传播的因素。我们评估父母的宗教保守主义是否影响父母信仰向后代转移的概率。具体来说，我们建议持有正统宗教信仰的父母在将这些信仰传递给孩子时没有任何优势，除非他们表现出宗教保守主义的其他属性。我们使用 2021 年 6 月对立陶宛 300 名亲子夫妻进行的调查数据来估计我们的模型。逻辑回归分析的结果证实了我们的期望，并为未来的研究提出了新的问题。