| Title |
Religion as a determinant of marital fertility
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Population Economics, June 1996
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s001480050013 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Evelyn L. Lehrer |
| Abstract |
Hypotheses are developed about the effects of husbands' and wives' religious affiliations upon fertility. The hypotheses are based upon the following ideas. First, different religions have different norms about fertility and the tradeoffs between the quality and quantity of children. Differences in religious beliefs between spouses may therefore lead to disagreement and conflict over fertility decisions and any possible resolution through bargaining. Second, a low level of religious compatibility between spouses may increase the probability of marital dissolution, decreasing the optimal amount of investments in spouse-specific human capital. Analyses of data from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households conducted in the US suggest that both of these effects are important factors in explaining the observed linkages between the religious composition of marital unions and their fertility behavior. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 31 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
| Researcher | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 18% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 10 | 30% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 10 | 30% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 November 2020.
All research outputs
#4,696,781
of 22,789,566 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Population Economics
#254
of 684 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,482
of 27,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Population Economics
#1
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,789,566 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 76th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 684 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 27,698 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 2 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has scored higher than all of them