Fertility differences by education in Britain and France: The role of religion
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 21 - Sociology
- Output identifier
- 6252
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3917/popu.2001.0009
- Title of journal
- Population -Paris-
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 9
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 0032-4663
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- -
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- Female education is generally associated with lower fertility and higher rates of childlessness. However, it remains unclear whether higher education implies similar fertility behaviour among women of different religious denominations at varying levels of religiosity. To assess whether this is the case, this French-language study uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and the French Generations and Gender Survey to explore the intersection of religion (measured by religious practice, Catholic affiliation in France, and Protestantism and in Britain), education, and fertility outcomes for women born between the 1920s and 1960s.