Religion effects on fertility preference: evidence from China

Dayuan Xie () and Yonghong Zhou ()
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Dayuan Xie: Department of Economics at University of Oklahoma
Yonghong Zhou: Faculty of Finance, City University of Macau

Journal of Population Research, 2022, vol. 39, issue 3, No 3, 371 pages

Abstract: Abstract In this study, we use data from the Chinese General Social Survey to investigate the impact of religion on fertility preference in the biggest transitional country. Our results reveal a positive impact of religious faith on fertility preference after controlling for individual, family, and social factors. We show the effects of religion on fertility as follow: (i) robust when considering Chinese cultural background, applying other continuous and discrete regression strategies, and dealing with endogeneity problem; (ii) more significant among Christians and Muslims; (iii) stronger for females in the high-income group; (iv) mainly driven by influences from the institutionalisation of religious faith and the frequency of participation in religious activities. Our findings suggest that religion effects on fertility preference still exist in a non-religion-dominated country such as China.

Keywords: Religion; Fertility; CGSS; One-child policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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