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  • Sociology
  • Demography
  • Religious Studies

Background:

  • Fertility trends are influenced by societal shifts in religiosity and secularity.
  • Understanding the relationship between religious beliefs and family planning is crucial for demographic analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between religiosity, secularity, and fertility in Canada.
  • To compare fertility behaviors and intentions across different secularized groups and the actively religious.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Canadian General Social Survey data across multiple cycles, focusing on cohorts born from the early 1900s.
  • Analyzed fertility patterns by religious attendance and categorized secularized individuals (including strictly seculars/atheists) against actively religious groups.

Main Results:

  • Religious attendance emerged as the most significant predictor of higher fertility.
  • All examined secularized women demonstrated lower fertility rates than actively religious counterparts.
  • Strictly secular individuals (atheists) reported the lowest fertility and highest probability of being childless.

Conclusions:

  • Religiosity, particularly attendance, is positively associated with higher fertility in Canada.
  • Secularity is linked to reduced fertility, with atheism showing the lowest rates and highest childlessness.
  • Findings highlight the complex interplay between religious identity, secularization, and reproductive decisions.