چکیده:
Religious affiliation and religiosity (as cultural factors) have received less attention (at least in Iran) in the study of demographic issues, especially fertility. The main questions of the present research are: Is there a difference in fertility between the two religious groups, Sunni and Shia? Is this difference significant? And will this difference remain significant when controlling for socio-economic and demographic characteristics? The study population is Galedar city, one of the districts of Mehre County located in Fars province. From the target population, 306 married women aged 15-49 (from both Shia and Sunni religious groups) were selected as a sample, and their fertility behavior was examined according to the research hypotheses. To explain fertility, three hypotheses were used: characteristics and attributes, special theology, and minority group status. In data analysis, the multiple strata analysis method was used. Sunni women had higher fertility rates compared to Shia women. Although after entering the control variables, the difference in fertility between the two religious groups decreased, the difference in fertility remained significant. This difference can be explained through adherence to the (religious and non-religious) values of the in-group versus the out-group.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Religion and Fertility: Analyzing the fertility behavior of Sunni and Shia religious groups in Golehdar city, Fars province Hossein Mahmoudian , Reza Nobakht Abstract Religious affiliation and religiosity (as cultural factors) have received less attention (at least in Iran) in the study of demographic issues, especially fertility.
From the target population, 306 married women aged 15-49 (from both Shia and Sunni religious groups) were selected as a sample, and their fertility behavior was examined according to the research hypotheses.
The difference in values and norms, teachings related to reproduction, the permissibility or impermissibility of using pregnancy prevention methods, and the timing and age of marriage among the two religious groups, have been among the main factors of the current study regarding the fertility difference between the two religious groups, Shia and Sunni.
Average number of live births for Shia and Sunni women before and after controlling for characteristics <refer to page image> </refer to page image> Economic status 2/9 2/8 147 3/6 3/5 148 Demographic variables 1 2/4 2/2 138 3/6 3/8 153 Religious commitment 2/9 3 135 3/6 3/5 151 Feeling of lack of social mobility 2/8 2/9 147 3/7 3/7 149 Women's independence 3/16 3/13 100 3/8 3/9 111 Inter-group variables 2 2/4 2/3 138 3/6 3/8 153 All variables 2/8 3 79 3/6 3/5 114 In Table 7, the simultaneous effect of selected variables on women's fertility is shown.
The significance of the fertility difference between Shia and Sunni women, after controlling for economic, social, and demographic variables, reflects the inability of the homogeneity hypothesis of characteristics to explain the fertility difference between the two religious groups, Shia and Sunni.
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