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    • Demography
    • Religious Studies

    Background:

    • Previous research by Jones and Westoff (1979) indicated converging fertility rates between white Catholic and non-Catholic women.
    • They also reported a diminishing fertility differential based on communion frequency among Catholic women.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To replicate the 1979 study on fertility trends among white women in intact first marriages.
    • To compare current fertility differentials between Catholic and non-Catholic women and by communion frequency.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized data from the 1976 National Survey of Family Growth.
    • Replicated the methodology of Jones and Westoff (1979) for comparative analysis.

    Main Results:

    • Confirmed convergence in fertility between Catholic and non-Catholic women.
    • Found the Catholic-non-Catholic fertility differential to be larger than reported in the 1979 study.
    • Observed that fertility differentials by communion frequency among Catholic women were not converging.

    Conclusions:

    • Fertility convergence between religious groups is occurring, but differentials persist and may be larger than previously estimated.
    • The trend of diminishing fertility differences based on religious practice frequency among Catholic women has not continued.
    • Further investigation is needed to explain the discrepancies between the replicated and original findings.