Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 469-489
ISSN: 1465-1165
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In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 469-489
ISSN: 1465-1165
In: Population, space and place, Band 18, Heft 5, S. 503-515
ISSN: 1544-8452
ABSTRACTThe article examines the independent effect of religious minority status on fertility at two levels i.e. cross‐country level of India and Bangladesh and intra‐country level (district) of India. Demographic and health survey data from India (2005–2006) and Bangladesh (2006–2007) are used for the cross‐country comparison and the census of India (2001) for the intra‐country comparison. Minority status is operationalised first as an interaction between country and religion, and second through a religion‐based concentration index. This article finds empirical support for the independent effect of religious minority status on fertility at the cross‐country (India and Bangladesh) and intra‐country (districts of India) level. This article contends that high fertility among religious minorities is a result of vulnerability due to socio‐economic disadvantageous position of minorities in India and Bangladesh. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.