TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Adsera, Alicia
        TI  - Marital Fertility and Religion: Recent Changes in Spain
        PY  - 2004/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1399
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1399
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - religiosity
KW  - fertility
KW  - Spain
KW  - religion
KW  - timing of births
        ER  -