Projecting the religious composition of the population is relevant for several reasons. It is a key characteristic influencing several aspects of individual behaviour, including marriage and childbearing patterns. The religious composition is also a driver of social cohesion and increased...

Die Mitgliederzahl und Struktur der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. und H.B. in Österreich haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich verändert. 1971 war die Evangelische Kirche noch die zweitgrößte Kategorie in der Religionsstatistik (nach der röm.-kath.Kirche), 1981 wurde die Evangelische...

Die Mitgliederzahl und Struktur der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. und H.B. in Österreich haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich verändert. 1971 war die Evangelische Kirche noch die zweitgrößte Kategorie in der Religionsstatistik (nach der röm.-kath.Kirche), 1981 wurde die Evangelische...

Religion and religiosity are important identity markers, and changes in a country's religious composition may affect its culture, value orientations and policies. In recent decades the Protestants in both the US and Canada have lost their absolute population majority. In the present study we...

We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...

Using demographic multi-state, cohort-component methods, we produce projections for 120 countries (covering 93% of the world population in 2005) by five-year age groups, sex, and four levels of educational attainment for the years 2005-2050. Taking into account differentials in fertility and...

We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...

Religion and religiosity are important identity markers, and changes in a country's religious composition may affect its culture, value orientations and policies. In recent decades the Protestants in both the US and Canada have lost their absolute population majority. In the present study we...

Research on fertility has been mainly using quantitative methods, and it is only in the last few decades that qualitative research methods have become more common in demography. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in a so-called triangulation is even more uncommon. Applying a...