Study: LDS women, men 'very close' in religious observance

August 27, 2012

source: Deseret News

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MR says: Research shows that women are always more religious than men, except in the case of LDS men, where it's about equal.

The subject of the conference was "Women and the LDS Church." But the big news coming out of the conference had to do with LDS men.

"From a sociological perspective, the priesthood system works," said Dr. David C. Campbell, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. "It appears to motivate Mormon men to a level of religiosity that is equivalent to Mormon women."

And that, Campbell said, is news.

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