The end of "Catholic" fertility

Charles F. Westoff, Elise F. Jones

Demography, 1979. DOI 10.2307/2061139

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 1984.

Religion and fertility: A replication, Mosher & Hendershot (1984). Demography. Outcome recorded: mixed. We found that the fertility of the two religious groups was indeed converging, but the Catholic-non-Catholic differential was larger than that found by Jones and Westoff --how much larger depends on what measure is used. Moreover, we found that the differential by frequency of communion among Catholic wives was not converging. Possible explanations of the apparent differences in the findings are discussed. Outcome read from the abstract. View paper

Westoff, C. F., & Jones, E. F. (1979). The end of "Catholic" fertility. Demography, 16(2), 209–217. https://doi.org/10.2307/2061139