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The Influence of Religion and Values on a Young Woman's College Decision (Research Snapshot No. 10)
(2011)
  • Susan R. Madsen, Utah Valley University
  • Cheryl Hanewicz, Utah Valley University
Abstract
Utah Women and Education Project researchers conducted in-depth research in 2010 to discover why more young women around the state are not attending and graduating from college. Findings suggest that religion, values, and overall culture do influence the decisions young women in Utah are making about attending college. Approximately 80.5% of the participants in this study were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), 13% had no religious preference, and 6.5% reported belonging to other religions. Because we received very little qualitative data from non-LDS participants, most of the results in this snapshot focus on findings from women in the LDS church.
Keywords
  • Utah,
  • women,
  • education,
  • college,
  • religion,
  • values
Publication Date
Spring April 15, 2011
Citation Information
Susan R. Madsen and Cheryl Hanewicz. "The Influence of Religion and Values on a Young Woman's College Decision (Research Snapshot No. 10)" (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_madsen/139/