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The three R's: Residence, religion, and reproduction
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Demography (1972) 9 (2): 231–240.
Published: 01 May 1972
... are larger in central city than in suburban areas. 3) Within religious categories, suburbanites attend church more regularly. 4) Among Catholics, suburban residence is associated with less frequent Communion reception. 5) Among Catholics, church attendance frequency is positively associated with family size...
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 811–833.
Published: 27 May 2015
... attainment and church attendance. For education, divorced fathers were as influential as married fathers, whereas stepfathers were less influential. For church attendance, married fathers were most influential, divorced fathers were least influential, and stepfathers were in between. Divorced mothers...
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Does Culture Affect Divorce? Evidence From European Immigrants in the United States
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1013–1038.
Published: 16 January 2013
... and institutions, we interpret relationships between their divorce tendencies and home-country divorce rates as evidence of the effect of culture. Our results are robust to controlling for several home-country variables, including average church attendance and gross domestic product (GDP). Moreover, specifications...
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Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 273–285.
Published: 01 May 1999
... into a seven-year difference in life expectancy at age 20 between those who never attend and those who attend more than once a week. Health selectivity is responsible for a portion of the religious attendance effect: People who do not attend church or religious services are also more likely to be unhealthy...
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The Changing Influence of Religion on U.S. Fertility: Evidence From Rhode Island
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Demography (1990) 27 (3): 475–481.
Published: 01 August 1990
...Linda B. Williams; Basil G. Zimmer 7 1 2011 15 9 1988 15 3 1990 1 8 1990 © Population Association of America 1990 1990 Religious Affiliation Church Attendance Religious Participation Marital Duration Marital Fertility Rate References Ford K...
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A Note on the Effect of Religiosity on Fertility
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 991–998.
Published: 01 April 2019
... it by the average change in the church attendance rate and dividing it by the average change in the birth rate. The resulting value is 0.222, implying that declining religiosity has been responsible for about 22.2 % of the fertility decline between 1925 and 2000. 6 The online appendix presents...
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The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior
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Demography (1987) 24 (3): 323–340.
Published: 01 August 1987
...Arland Thornton; Donald Camburn 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Sexual Experience Sexual Attitude Church Attendance Standardize Regression Coefficient Maternal Employment References Acock , A. C. , & Bengtson , V. L. ( 1980...
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Adolescent sexual activity in the family context: The impact of older siblings
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Demography (1990) 27 (4): 537–557.
Published: 01 November 1990
... Activity Sexual Intercourse Sibling Pair Church Attendance Young Sibling References Bandura , A. L. ( 1977 ). Social Learning Theory . Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall . Bigner , J. J. ( 1974 ). Second Borns’ Discrimination of Sibling Role Concepts . Developmental...
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Attitudes toward abortion among catholic Mexican-American women: The effects of religiosity and education
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Demography (1983) 20 (1): 87–98.
Published: 01 February 1983
... respondents. Among the most religious group, however, education had the opposite effect, suggesting that convergence will be delayed. 3 3 2011 © Population Association of America 1983 1983 Family Size Church Attendance Modern Contraceptive Family Planning Perspective Abortion Attitude...
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The effect of stepchildren on childbearing intentions and births
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 181–197.
Published: 01 February 2002
... is mediated by the coupleś childbearing intentions. The findings suggest that stepchildren should be incorporated into future models of fertility. 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2002 2002 Church Attendance Fertility Intention Current Union Biological Child Previous Child...
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Catholicism and marriage in the united states
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Demography (1993) 30 (3): 373–384.
Published: 01 August 1993
.... 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1993 1993 Divorce Rate Church Attendance General Social Survey Marital Disruption Marital Instability References Allison Paul ( 1984 ). Event History Analysis . Newbury Park, CA : Sage . Bachrach Christine...
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A Hazard Model Analysis of the Covariates of Marriage Dissolution in Canada
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Demography (1987) 24 (3): 395–406.
Published: 01 August 1987
... status before marriage, first-birth status (whether it was premarital or premaritally conceived but born after marriage), religion, religi- osity as measured by church attendance, rural or urban place of residence, and educational attainment. Many studies have shown that women who marry before the age...
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Religion and fertility in the United States: New patterns
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Demography (1992) 29 (2): 199–214.
Published: 01 May 1992
... , Tim , & Calkins , Sandra ( 1983 ). Family Size and Contraceptive Use Among Mormons: 1965–1975 . Review of Religious Research , 25 ( 2 ), 103 – 14 . 10.2307/3511488 Hout , Michael , & Greeley , Andrew ( 1987 ). The Center Doesn’t Hold: Church Attendance...
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Religious attendance and mortality: Implications for the black-white mortality crossover
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Demography (2006) 43 (1): 141–164.
Published: 01 February 2006
... Comstock , G.W. , & Partridge , K.B. ( 1972 ). Church Attendance and Health . Journal of Chronic Disease , 25 , 665 – 72 . 10.1016/0021-9681(72)90002-1 Cornoni-Huntley , J. , Ostfeld , A.M. , Taylor , J.O. , Wallace , R.B. , Blazer , D. , Berkman , L.F...
View articletitled, Religious <span class="search-highlight">attendance</span> and mortality: Implications for the black-white mortality crossover
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U. S. population growth as an abstractly-perceived problem
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 53–60.
Published: 01 February 1970
... coefficient was eomputed via the analysis of var- iance test. The differenee and correlation were caleulated under controls for religion, edueation, total family income in 1967, anomie, achievement values, all possible pairs of the preceding variables, and re- ligion and frequency of church attend- ance...
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The effects of formal church affiliation and religiosity on the fertility patterns of Mexican-American catholics
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Demography (1973) 10 (1): 19–36.
Published: 01 February 1973
..., attending church-sponsored activities, discussing problems with a priest, etc. The per- formance of such acts should reflect in greater depth the influence of religion on a person's daily behavior and hence could have a greater effect on fertility patterns than formal affiliation. Although religiosity...
View articletitled, The effects of formal <span class="search-highlight">church</span> affiliation and religiosity on the fertility patterns of Mexican-American catholics
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Contextual and ideological dimensions of attitudes toward discretionary abortion
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Demography (1978) 15 (3): 381–388.
Published: 01 August 1978
..., the less the opposi- tion to legalized abortion, except among Catholics who attend church frequently (Blake, 1971, 1973, 1977; Leahy, 1976; Rossi, 1967; Westoff et aI., 1969). In addi- tion to the above two contextual dimen- sions, age, sex, and race also have impacts on abortion attitudes. However...
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Union formation in fragile families
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 237–261.
Published: 01 May 2004
... (.54) 2.20 (.65) Father 1.96 (.54) 1.95 (.53) 1.97 (.52) 2.04 (.65) Frequency of church attendance (range = 1 5) Mother 2.91 (1.31) 2.80 (1.28) 3.03 (1.37) 3.01 (1.26) Father 2.63 (1.30) 2.53 (1.28) 2.84 (1.32) 2.53 (1.31) Quality of Parents Relationship Physical violence Father hits/slaps (reported...
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Stability and change in expectations about family size: A longitudinal study
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 250–275.
Published: 01 March 1965
... to 4" is 3.0), Table 3.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE WITH RESPECT TO COMBINED PATTERN OF CHANGES FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND SECOND TO THIRD INTERVIEWS, BY RELIGION, BY CHURCH ATTENDING FOR CATHOLICS Wife Catholic Changes over Total Total Non- Attends church Attends church three interviews Sample...
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Mother–Child Relations and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
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Demography (1989) 26 (4): 563–577.
Published: 01 November 1989
..., age at marriage, parity, and whether her first birth was premaritally conceived. We account for the effect of religion by entering the frequency of church attendance and two dummy variables: whether the mother is a fundamentalist Protestant or Baptist and whether she is a Catholic. Marital history...
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