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Item Restricted The young Filipino adult's smoking decision: how do education, family and religion affect risk perceptions?(2011-04) Cases, Sheena Kristine M.; Estrada, Miguel Antonio G.; Carlos, Fidelina N.This paper attempts to understand the smoking decision of young Filipino adults. Using data from the 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study, the authors try to find out how personal, family, and religious practices affect the young Filipino adult's perceptions of the risks involved in smoking. The authors borrow from Viscusi's Risk-Perception Theory for the framework of this study. In the theory, risk perceptions determine the individual's decision whether to engage in smoking or not. Of the variables deemed significant in the formation of risk assessments, education appears to be significant in making an individual not likely to smoke. Much more, educational motivations do affect an individual's decision-making. Lastly, the family, particularly the family religious practices and their involvement in risk or problem behaviors (such as drinking and smoking), has a significant effect on young Filipino adult's smoking decisions.Item Restricted Classiffied ad (herent)s: a cross country anaylsis on the effect of religion on economic growth(2006-04) Hilario, Maria Desiree D.; Moro, Sarah Adelaine A.; Quimbo, StellaThis paper determines the influence of religion type in on economic growth in 135 countries using data from 2002 to 2003. The framework used is Solow's Neoclassical Growth Model, which considers technology as the main driver in converting key factor inputs such as labor and capital onto achieving economic growth. To determine if the key hypothesis is true, that religion has transformative powers similar to that of technology, empirical test was employed that result in conclusive remarks on the significance of the relationship of religion, specifically Islam and technology. Empirical evidence from the model insinuates consistency with regards in the results from the test for correlation for religion and technology. Islam exhibited the significant but negative effect on technology and naturally, the same effect with economic growth. Over all, the key findings show that religion has the same significant role as technology in forming the economy.Item Restricted The effects of the intensity of religious practices and beliefs on economic growth among catholic countries(2010-03) Aguilar, Janice H.; Carandang, Nina Herschelica I.; Desierto, DesireeThere have been several empirical researches on the effects of Religion on the Economy. This paper investigates the effects of the intensity of Religious practices and beliefs on Economic Growth of Catholic countries. It further investigates the effects of religious diversity on economic growth as well as on the intensity of religiosity among Catholic countries. Catholic countries are defined to be those in which the Catholic religion has the highest percentage in terms of denomination. We derived a cross-country data set from the panel data set of Barro and McCleary which they used in their empirical research, "Religion and Economic Growth". The data set includes survey questions on Catholic religious beliefs and practices. Using the data on Herfindahl index, we derived the Pluralism index as one minus Herfindahl index as suggested by Barro and McCleary (2003). We conclude that, the intensity of religious practices and beliefs among Catholic countries have a positive effect on economic growth. This verified that the findings of Barro and McCleary still hold for Catholic countries as we defined. We also found out that the diversity of religion has a negative impact on economic growth of Catholic countries and that the economic theory for religious market as described by Iannaccone (1991) does not explain the intensity of Catholic beliefs and practices.Item Restricted The effect of religion on economic decisions regarding the use of contraception(1999-03) Dela Cueva, Giselle Ann Rigonan; Pamatian, Wendy Myla Bustos; Alburo, Florian A.