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demographic imperative: a standalone construct

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demographicimperative1 CONSTRUCTDemographic imperativeHOUT · SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

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Sociology of religion

the finding that differential fertility, not switching, explains most of the decline of mainline relative to conservative Protestants.

In sociology of religion, demographic imperative refers to the finding that differential fertility, not switching, explains most of the decline of mainline relative to conservative Protestants. This meaning comes from Hout (2001) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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  1. Hout, M., Greeley, A., & Wilde, M. J. (2001). The Demographic Imperative in Religious Change in the United States. American Journal of Sociology, 107(2), 468-500. https://doi.org/10.1086/324189

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