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The Impact of Religiosity on Fertility. A Comparative Analysis of France, Hungary, Norway, and Germany.
Sandra Hubert
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Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Number of Pages
283
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658070076
SKU
V9783658070076
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99-15
About Sandra Hubert
Sandra Hubert is a research assistant at the social monitoring department of the German Youth Institute (DJI) in Munich, Germany.
Reviews for The Impact of Religiosity on Fertility. A Comparative Analysis of France, Hungary, Norway, and Germany.
“The volume offers an overview of the different channels through which religion and religiosity matter for fertility in selected, different institutional settings in Europe. The first part of the volume presents an excellent state-of-the-art of the topic, providing a first-rate starting point for beginners as well as a well-organized review for experts. The second part suffers from some methodological problems, ... Read more