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Religion, Modernization, and Utilization of Western Health Care

H. Paul Chalfant

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, U.S.A.

Peter L. Heller

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, U.S.A.

Yung-Mei Tsai

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, U.S.A.

A strong tradition in sociology argues that the seeds of secularization and rational outlook have long been present in Christianity per se. Presented in this paper are cross- national research findings from a 136 nation sample that the proportion of Christians in a society is positively associated with that society's degree of modernization; and that modernization in turn, leads to a tendency to practise and utilize Western "scientific" medicine. These findings remain strong even after industrialized nations are excluded from analyses.

International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, 101-108 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/002071528602700108
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