Are teens more religious when (consistent with “religious monopoly” arguments) they live in an area where many people share their parents’ religious identity? Or are teens more religious when (as religious economies models suggest) they live in areas where their parent's religious identity has a smaller population share (or “market share”)? We examine these questions using Wave 1 of the National Study of Youth and Religion combined with county-level variables from the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership Study and the 2000 U.S. Census. Parental religiosity has a huge effect on teen's religiosity, so much so that when parents are very religious, the religious context of the surrounding county does not matter. However, when parents are not very religious, results are consistent with the religious monopolies model but not the religious economies model. The percent of the county in the parents’ religious tradition tends to boost teen's religiosity.

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宗教群体人口份额会影响下一代的宗教信仰吗？

当青少年（与“宗教垄断”论点一致）生活在许多人与父母具有相同宗教身份的地区时，他们是否更虔诚？或者当青少年（如宗教经济模型所暗示的那样）生活在他们父母的宗教身份的人口份额（或“市场份额”）较小的地区时，他们是否更虔诚？我们使用全国青年与宗教研究的第 1 波结合 2000 年宗教会众和会员研究和 2000 年美国人口普查中的县级变量来研究这些问题。父母的宗教信仰对青少年的宗教信仰有着巨大的影响，以至于当父母非常虔诚时，周围县的宗教背景无关紧要。然而，当父母不是很虔诚时，结果与宗教垄断模型一致，但与宗教经济模型不一致。父母宗教传统中县的百分比往往会提高青少年的宗教信仰。