Commonly cited finding that people who are religious tend to live longer and experience other health benefits over other demographics.
Summarizing pew research study shows
- Religion typically correlates with
- not smoking tobacco
- consistently voting
- greater self-perceived happiness
- non-religious community activity
- less drinking compared to normal population
- Religion does not correlate significantly with 6) better self-rated health 7) regular exercise 8) lower obesity
- speaking generally other demographic factors like sex, age, and marital status have far stronger implications on the 8 factors discussed above