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The principal objective of this chapter is to show how Catholic schooling effects might be confounded with the effects of Catholic religiosity as measured by church attendance. In Chapter 1, it was shown that Catholic parents who send their children to Catholic schools are substantially more likely to attend church regularly. This raises the issue that if Catholic religiosity as measured by church attendance is not taken into account, estimates of the effects of Catholic schools on achievement might be flawed if religiosity affects achievement.
Preliminary versions of this chapter were presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting in San Diego, 1998.
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Sander, W. (2001). Catholic Religiosity and Catholic School Effects. In: Catholic Schools. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3335-8_3
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