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Follow us Socioeconomic Factors in Religious Differentials in Fertility
Freedman, Ronald, P.K. Whelpton, and J.W. Smit. 1961. "Socioeconomic Factors in Religious Differentials in Fertility." American Sociological Review, 26(4): 608-14.
Precision matching is used to test whether religious differences in fertility behavior result from socio-economic differences between the major religious groups. The 66 Jewish couples from a national sample survey of fertility are matched with Catholic and Protestant couples on duration of marriage and five socio-economic characteristics. These socio-economic controls eliminate most of the Protestant-Jewish differences for the fertility variables. However, the Catholic-Jewish differentials are not reduced. Apparently the distinctive Catholic fertility pattern cannot be explained by the combination of socio-economic characteristics considered. The significance of these results is discussed.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2090259
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