Twenty-four years of the General Social Surveys are analyzed to test eight hypotheses, derived from the scattered literature on religion and happiness. The hypothesis that religiousness is positively related to happiness is supported, as is the hypothesis that the religious effect is primarily "social." Five other hypotheses are rejected and a sixth one partly so.
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Univ Stellenbosch, Fac Theol, Pract Theol, 171 Dorp St, ZA-7600 Stellenbosch, South AfricaUniv Stellenbosch, Fac Theol, Pract Theol, 171 Dorp St, ZA-7600 Stellenbosch, South Africa