Voluntary and involuntary childlessness among Catholic and non-Catholic women: are the patterns converging? Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Data from 1976 and 1982 show Catholics less likely than non-Catholics to be voluntarily childless and more likely to be involuntarily childless. Declining differences in fertility and contraception are discussed.

published proceedings

  • Soc Biol

author list (cited authors)

  • Poston, D. L.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Poston, DL

publication date

  • January 1990