title: Late fertility decline in the Netherlands:  the influence of religious denomination, socio-economic group and region.
abstract: The factors affecting the modern decline in fertility in the Netherlands are explored using data from censuses from 1930 to 1971 and additional unpublished sources.  Particular attention is paid to the influence of religion, socioeconomic status, and region.  The author concludes that "a theory formulated by Lesthaeghe and Wilson on the relation between modes of production and secularization and the pace of fertility decline in Western Europe offers--in combination with van Heek's views on the special position of Dutch Roman Catholicism--a starting point for an explanation of why the fertility decline of Roman Catholics, self-employed and agricultural labourers lagged behind."  (summary in FRE)
authors.lastname: Van Poppel Fwa
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D002410:Catholicism; D002835:Christianity; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012067:Religion; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Agricultural Workers; Catholicism; Christianity; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Fertility; Economic Factors; Europe; Fertility; Fertility Determinants; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Labor Force; Netherlands; Population; Population Dynamics; Religion; Research Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Western Europe