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Religious affiliation and fertility in Liberia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Konia T. Kollehlon
Konia T. Kollehlon
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Department of Social Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, USA
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Summary

This study examines fertility differentials by religious affiliation in Liberia, within the context of two competing hypotheses: the characteristic and particularised theology. Using a subsample of currently married women from the 1986 Liberian Demographic and Health Survey, the study examines the fertility of five religious groups: Catholic, Protestant, Moslem, traditional, and other women. Overall, the findings are more consistent with the characteristic hypothesis, because the small fertility differentials by religious affiliation are largely accounted for by differences in the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of these women.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 493 - 507
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Copyright © 1994, Cambridge University Press

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