Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20697 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1399
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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