Conservative Politics and the Late Fertility Decline in Catholics: Example of the Fribourg District in Switzerland (1860-1930)
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2003
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Anne Praz, « Conservative Politics and the Late Fertility Decline in Catholics: Example of the Fribourg District in Switzerland (1860-1930) », Annales de démographie historique, ID : 10670/1.f89053...
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The late fertility decline of catholic populations (1860-1930) is usually explained by the religious norms concerning contraception and by the degree of secularization. However religion also guided the political practices and institutions that, in turn, influenced the populationâ??s procreative choices. This comparative analysis examines the impact of the political-religious factor on the fertility decline in two protestant villages (from the canton of Vaud) and two catholic villages (from the canton of Fribourg), which experienced the same economic change.The political attitude to public debate on birth control provides a first example. The
