Motherhood, Sex of the Offspring, and Religious Signaling

Using Turkey’s 2013 Demographic and Health Survey, I find that among married women, having a single child as opposed to no children is associated with an approximately five-percentage-point increase in the likelihood of religious veiling. Furthermore, the likelihood of religious veiling increases as...

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Main Author: Ozan Aksoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2017-09-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v4-21-511/