%0 Journal Article %T Spirituality and religiosity related to socio-demographic data of the elderly population %A Leiner Resende Rodrigues %A Isabella Danielle Nader %A Ana Teresa de Melo e Silva %A Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares %A Luiza Maria de Assun£¿£¿o %A Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina %J Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste - Rev Rene %P 429-436 %@ 2175-6783 %D 2017 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000400002 %X Objective: to describe the relationship of spirituality and religiosity with gender, age and family income of the elderly people. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 643 elderly people using a socio-demographic questionnaire and a brief multidimensional measure of religiosity/spirituality. A descriptive analysis, Student¡¯s t-test (sex) and Pearson correlation for age and Spearman for income (p<0.05) were performed. Results: female prevailed, age group 60|-70 years old, living with the partner, education level of 1|-5 years of study and income of a minimum wage. The female presented higher averages than the male in most of the dimensions of religiosity and spirituality. The age presented a weak positive correlation in the dimensions of organizational religiosity and global self-assessment; while income did not present a statistically significant correlation. Conclusion: female and older adults presented greater dimensions of religiosity and spirituality, while income did not present significant correlation. %K Health of the Elderly %K Religion %K Spirituality %U http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/2904/pdf