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.

Sectarian Education, Family Growth, Sectarian School, Cumulative Fertility, Marital Fertility Rate
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© Population Association of America 1982
1982
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