Lee Bean and Geraldine Mineau report LDS plural wives had fewer children than non-plural-wives.

Date
1986
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Lee Bean
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Lee Bean and Geraldine Mineau, "The Polygyny–Fertility Hypothesis: A Re-evaluation," Population Studies 40, no. 1 (June 4, 2010): 67-81

Scribe/Publisher
Population Studies: A Journal of Demography
People
Geraldine Mineau, Lee Bean
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

Our data clearly indicate an inverse relationship between wife-order and completed fertility, and these differences persist in spite of the introduction of a variety of statistical controls.

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