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. 1985 Mar;24(1):60-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01533260.

Religion and health in Mexican Americans

J S Levin  1 , K S Markides
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Religion and health in Mexican Americans

J S Levin et al. J Relig Health. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

The relationship between religion and health was investigated using data from a three-generation study of mexican Americans. Two measures of religion-religious institution attendance and self-rated religiosity-were correlated with a number of functional health indicators, including self-rated health, activity restriction owing to health, bed disability days, physician utilization, worry over health, a physical symptoms scale, and a depression scale. In addition, prevalence rates were calculated for several major chronic diseases. Many significant associations obtained, as well as an inverse relationship between self-rated religiosity and hypertension. These findings are interpreted in light of the literature on religious attendance and health and on religion and aging.

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