title: Religious differentials in reproduction: the effects of sectarian education.
abstract: College-educated Catholic women in the 1976 National Survey of Family Growth had higher actual and expected fertility than did college-educated Protestants. Moreover, Catholic colleges or universities had a pronatalist effect on alumnae. Thus, a significant part of the higher Catholic than Protestant cumulative fertility among college-educated women arose from the greater propensity of such Catholics to attend sectarian schools and colleges. The implications are explored.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism; D002648:Child; D002835:Christianity; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D012071:Religion and Sex; D014481:United States