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Article: Churchgoers more likely to find their perfect mating partners
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 21, 2008
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London, June 21 -- People go to church 'to go forth and multiply', says a leading researcher, who found that churchgoers feel they would find both faithful and loyal partners within the vicinity of the place of worship.
After analysing questionnaire responses from more than 22,000 mainly Christian Americans, Jason Weeden at Arizona State University, Tempe, and his colleagues found that factors related to sex showed the strongest links to churchgoing.
These include marital status, number of children, preferred family size, and moral views on topics like cheating and contraception. Other variables that have often been ...