Voluntary and involuntary childlessness among Catholic and non-Catholic women: are the patterns converging?
Poston, D.L.
Social Biology 37(3-4): 251-265
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-766X PMID: 2093237 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1990.9988764Document Number: 375038
Data from 1976 and 1982 show Catholics less likely than non-Catholics to be voluntarily childless and more likely to be involuntarily childless. Declining differences in fertility and contraception are discussed.
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