The Impact of Religiosity on Fertility A Comparative Analysis of France, Hungary, Norway, and Germany /

• Main Author: Hubert, Sandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2015.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion and culture.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Culture.

The work investigates the impact of religiosity of women and men on their completed fertility in an international comparison considering a long time period. Sandra Hubert aims at uncovering all mechanisms through which religiosity and religious institutions can affect fertility. Hence, both the micr...

Table of Contents:

• Demographic patterns in comparative perspective.- Religion and religiosity
• How religious affiliation and religiosity affect fertility
• The national frame and individual characteristics.- Empirical analysis in comparative perspective.