Fertility, Ideal Family-Size and Religious Orientation Among U.S. Catholics
These data are based on a nationally representative sample of 1,028 currently married Catholic women. From a pool of religious items, seven clearly defined factors or dimensions of religiousness were extracted and related to ideal and actual family-size. The results raise the question whether contra...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1968
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1968, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-34 |
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| Summary: | These data are based on a nationally representative sample of 1,028 currently married Catholic women. From a pool of religious items, seven clearly defined factors or dimensions of religiousness were extracted and related to ideal and actual family-size. The results raise the question whether contraceptive practice and fertility may not be as predictive of religious practice as the reverse hypothesis and suggest a possible reinterpretation of the association between Catholicism and fertility. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Reference: | Errata "Errata (1968)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710430 |