%0 Journal Article
%T Religious Observance and Well-Being among Israeli Jewish Adults: Findings from the Israel Social Survey
%A Jeff Levin
%J Religions
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/rel4040469
%X This study reports on analyses of Jewish respondents (N = 6,056) from the 2009 Israel Social Survey. Multivariable methods were used to investigate whether religiously observant Jews have greater physical and psychological well-being. After adjustment for age and other sociodemographic correlates of religion and well-being and for a measure of Israeli Jewish religious identity ( i.e., secular, traditional, religious, ultra-Orthodox), two findings stand out. First, greater Jewish religious observance is significantly associated with higher scores on indicators of self-rated health, functional health, and life satisfaction. Second, there is a gradient-like trend such that greater religiousness and life satisfaction are observed as one moves ˇ°rightwardˇ± across religious identity categories. These findings withstand adjustment for effects of all covariates, including Israeli nativity and Jewish religious identity.
%K religion
%K health
%K well-being
%K Judaism
%K Israel
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/4/4/469