J.G.M. Lammers

More or less educational homogamy? A test of different versions of modernization theory using cross-temporal evidence for 60 countries

We address two issues central to current stratification research: trends in educational homogamy in modernizing societies, and differences in educational homogamy between countries with different religious backgrounds. Regarding the trends in educational homogamy, there are different versions of modernization theory that lead to different predictions about the direction of the trends. With respect to the effect of a countrys religious background on educational homogamy, Raymo and Xie (2000, henceforward R&X) present new empirical evidence that appears to contradict the results of our paper on this subject (Smits, Ultee, and Lammers 1998). In this reply, we discuss these issues in detail and try to place them in a new light by presenting new empirical findings on trends in educational homogamy in 60 countries.

Models for status inconsistency and mobility: A comparison of the approaches by Hope and Sobel with the mainstream square additive model

This paper is about the analysis of effects of status inconsistency and mobility on a dependent variable. We compare the mainstream square additive baseline model to alternative designs by Hope (1971, 1975) and Sobel (1981, 1985). Both writers claim that the square additive baseline model also contains some status inconsistency effects. An examination of the relationships between the square additive model, Hopes halfway/difference model, and Sobels simple diagonal reference model shows that the effects uncovered by Sobel and Hope pertain to the inequality of the effects of the status variables on the dependent variable. These salience difference effects are therefore distinct from the non-additive status inconsistency effects which would be detected using the square additive approach. Less restricted versions of the diagonal reference model, the DM-1 and DM-2 models as well as a recent model by Weakliem (1992), are also examined with regard to additive/non-additive components and symmetry of effects.

Effects of Occupational Status Differences between Spouses on the Wife's Labor Force Participation and Occupational Achievement: Findings from 12 European Countries.

Effects of occupational status differences between spouses on the wifes employment and on her occupational achievement are studied for the coun- tries of the European Union. The results show a tendency towards similarity in occupational sta- tus within marriages. Labor force participation of a wife is highest when her potential occupational status equals her husbands occupational status. Furthermore, the husbands occupation produces both a ceiling effect and a facilitating effect on the wifes occupational achievement. The strength of these effects differs somewhat between the countries. For a wifes participation in the labor force, these differences are related to the countrys dominant religion.

Deconfessionalisation in the Netherlands, 1964–1992

Abstract Using data from 1098 national Dutch surveys, this paper explores trends in the influence of religious denomination on votes for confessional political parties in the Netherlands from 1964 to 1992. The broad question is whether confessional voting has declined over this 29‐year period; the narrow issue is whether the declines vary with religious denomination and time. Logit analysis of the overall effect allows a downward trend in the influence of denomination. The most spectacular decays occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, among Catholics and Rereformed Protestants. Many of the shifts slowed down appreciably in the late 1970s and subsequently abated in the mid‐1980s. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.

Church-Membership, Reli Gion and Attitude Towards Abortion in the Netherlands

The empirical theological question whether and how the churches mediate and facilitate the functioning of Christian religion in our society is applied to the religious influence on the acceptance or rejection of abortion in this article. We depart from historic data concerning the teachings of the Dutch churches on abortion. These help to formulate the research problem of this study: does the role of religion differentiate between church-members and non-members in the explanation of the attitude towards abortion? Next, the theoretical and empirical knowledge we have, is summarized in a theoretical model to explain the attitude towards abortion. Then we describe the data we used and the operationalization of the model. Thereafter the results of the empirical analysis are presented: church-membership seems to be an important condition to explain the acceptance or rejection of abortion. We conclude with a discussion of the results.