Duke University Religion Index.
DUREL
- What it measures
- Religious involvement on 3 dimensions: Organisational Religious Activity (ORA), Non-Organisational Religious Activity (NORA), and Intrinsic Religiosity (IR)
- Length and format
- 5 (1 ORA + 1 NORA + 3 IR). mixed frequency (6-point attendance/prayer) + 5-point agreement (IR items) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated into 20 languages and validated across 27 nations (Spanish by the developers); extremely broad coverage
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Koenig, H. G., & Bussing, A. (2010). The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL): A five-item measure for use in epidemiological studies. Religions, 1(1), 78-85.
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