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| USA | Germany | |
| Number of total questionnaire responses in samples | N = 1113 | N = 773 |
| Female participants | 63.1 % | 56.8 % |
| Mean age | 34.4 yrs. | 43.2 yrs. |
| Age range | 15 - 82 | 16 - 90 |
| Post-secondary education and higher (ISCED97 / OECD) | 73.9 % | 53.9 % |
| Annual per-capita income (mean) | $ 40,659 | $ 38,911 |
| Respondents who self-identify as "more spiritual than religious" | 50.9 % | 48.8 % |
| Participants in personal (faith development) interviws | N = 72 | N = 50 |
This video presentation describes the sample in Bielefeld Cross-cultural Study on "Spirituality" and explains the procedure of focusgroup construction, which is the basis in many of our analyses.
Results and more details are presented on the following pages on
Keller, Barbara, Klein, Constantin, Anne, Swhajor, Christopher F., Silver, Ralph W., Hood, and Streib, Heinz. "The Semantics of 'Spirituality' and Related Self-identifications: A Comparative Study in Germany and the USA". Archive for the Psychology of Religion [Abstract; Pre-Print].
Streib, H. (2008). More Spiritual than Religious: Changes in the Religious Field Require New Approaches [pdf]
Streib, Heinz & Hood, Ralph W. (2011). “"Spirituality" as Privatized Experience-Oriented Religion: Empirical and Conceptual Perspectives”. Implicit Religion 14.4: 433 - 453. Pdf
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