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| Title: | | Marital Fertility and Religion : Recent Changes in Spain  |
| Authors: | | Adsera, Alicia |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 1399 |
| Abstract: | | Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior – both in family size and in the spacing of births – has changed. While in the 1985 SFS family size was similar among practicing and non-practicing Catholics, practicing Catholics portray significantly higher fertility during recent years. In the context of lower church participation, religiosity has acquired a more relevant meaning for demographic behavior. Among the youngest generation, non-practicing Catholics behave as those without affiliation. The small group of Protestants and Muslims has the highest fertility and interfaith unions are less fertile. |
| Subjects: | | fertility religion religiosity Spain timing of births |
| JEL: | | Z21 J1 |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers
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