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Religion and fertility among the Atyap in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAvong, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:26:31Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:26:31Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:46:53Z
dc.description.abstractUsing data obtained in 1995 from 600 Atyap women in randomly selected dwellings in Kaduna State, Nigeria, multiple regression analysis shows that Catholics and other Protestants (Anglicans and Baptists) have higher fertility than women affiliated to the Evangelical Churches of West Africa (ECWA), even net of compositional characteristics of the two groups. Above and beyond the denominational differences, the regression analysis also shows that the stronger the religious belief, the higher the fertility. Thus, the study underscores the need for researchers of the religion-fertility association in Nigeria to examine the influence of religious denomination and religiosity on fertility, within each of the main religions.
dc.identifier.issn0021-9320
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/92870
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceJournal of Biosocial Science
dc.subjectKeywords: Anglicans; Baptists; Christians; Denominations; Females; Fertility; Group Norms; Nigeria; Protestants; Religiosity; Religious Beliefs; Roman Catholics; adolescent; adult; article; clinical trial; community; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; cor
dc.titleReligion and fertility among the Atyap in Nigeria
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage12
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationAvong, Helen, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidAvong, Helen, u970571
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160302 - Fertility
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub26115
local.identifier.citationvolume33
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0021932001000013
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0035171615
local.type.statusPublished Version

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