%0 Report
        %A Adsera, Alicia
        %T Marital Fertility and Religion: Recent Changes in Spain
        %D 2004
        %8 2004 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 1399
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1399
        %X 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.
        %K religiosity
%K fertility
%K Spain
%K religion
%K timing of births