Religious Differentials in Reproduction: the Effects of Sectarian Education
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Demography
- Vol. 19 (4) , 495-509
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2061015
Abstract
College-educated Catholic women in the 1976 National Survey of Family Growth had higher actual and expected fertility than did college educated Protestants. Moreover, Catholic colleges or universities had a pronatalist effect on alumnae. Thus, a significant part of the higher Catholic than Protestant cumulative fertility among college-educated women arose from the greater propensity of such Catholics to attend sectarian schools and colleges. The implications are explored.Keywords
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