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

Hubert, Sandra

ISBN 10: 3658070072 / ISBN 13: 9783658070076

Published by Springer VS 2014-09, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Impact of Religiosity on Fertility : A Comparative Analysis of France, Hungary, Norway, and Germany
• Publisher: Springer VS 2014-09
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658070072
• ISBN 13: 9783658070076
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

​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 micro- and the macro-level of each country are explicitly integrated, and theoretically as well as empirically dealt with. The selection of differing countries rests upon the expectation that religiosity influences fertility decisions independently of the institutional context, social norms, state church-relations, and the national degree of religious vitality. These factors are intensively compared with each other at the country level. At the micro-level the impact of religiosity on fertility is tested by means of regressions and based on the Generations and Gender Survey. Results depend on gender, country, the diverse religious affiliations, and more.

About the Author

Sandra Hubert is a research assistant at the social monitoring department of the German Youth Institute (DJI) in Munich, Germany.