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DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages 1851-1881Publisher
MAX PLANCK INST DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.55
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- NICHD NIH HHS [T32 HD007081-27, R01 HD050142-01, R01 HD041713-01, R01 HD037276-01, T32 HD007081, R01 HD041713, R01 HD050142] Funding Source: Medline
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Despite the centrality of religion and fertility to life in rural Africa, the relationship between the two remains poorly understood. The study presented here uses unique integrated individual- and congregational-level data from rural Malawi to examine religious influences on contraceptive use. In this religiously diverse population, we find evidence that the particular characteristics of a congregation-leader's positive attitudes toward family planning and discussion of sexual morality, which do not fall along broad denominational lines-are more relevant than denominational categories for predicting women's contraceptive use. We further find evidence for a relationship between religious socialization and contraceptive behavior.
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