Higher Education, Religion and Women's Family-Size Orientations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5250757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles F Westoff, Raymond H Potvin |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489 |
| Publication date | 1966-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2090772 |
| OpenAlex | W2094207372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 1 |
Is the high fertility of Catholic women who have attended Catholic institutions of higher education primarily a consequence of that experience or a reflection of selectivity for other characteristics relevant to family formation? Does a non-sectarian education diminish the number of children desired by women of all religious groups? These questions are answered by a study of nearly fifteen thousand women in a probability sample of 45 colleges and universities throughout the country. Although not without qualifications the main conclusion is that selectivity is more important than college experience in explaining differentials in family-size preference among Catholic college women. The one exception is found among women who were graduated from Catholic high schools and enrolled in a non-sectarian institution; for them a decline in family-size preference apparently not due to selectivity was observed. Though some decline is also observed for the other groups the differentials are slight and could easily be due to factors other than the college experience itself. (authors
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2021 (52) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |