Kappe, R;
(2016)
The Effect of the Religious Environment on Teenage Birth Rates in the United States.
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
, 13
(3)
pp. 241-251.
10.1007/s13178-015-0206-9.
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Abstract
This article tests whether there exists a relationship between the religious environment and teenage birth rates. Specifically, it is hypothesized that in the USA, the presence of a greater number of religious congregations and a greater number of religious adherents in a county are associated with higher teenage birth rates in this county. The data analysis is based on public health records from the CDC, and county religiosity data from the “Religious Congregations and Membership Survey” by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The data analysis broadly supports the hypothesis.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Effect of the Religious Environment on Teenage Birth Rates in the United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13178-015-0206-9 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-015-0206-9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-015-0206-9. |
| Keywords: | Religion, Teenage birth rates, Fertility, Adolescence, US county-level analysis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482144 |
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