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The effects of formal church affiliation and religiosity on fertility patterns of Mexican Americans in Austin, Texas
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Alvírez, David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Through the use of quantitative analytical procedures, this source examines the effects of religiosity upon wanted family size, anticipated completed family size, months of exposure per live birth, and contraceptive efficiency among Mexican Americans in Austin, Texas. The author concludes that religion has little measurable effect upon fertility patterns, and points to socioeconomic and cultural factors as possibly having a greater relevance to them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Conception
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Reviews and critiques
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Cleric
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1987
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Austin, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Alvírez
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Austin, 1971
- UM72-19,547
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans