A Study on the Relationship between Religiousity and Fertility Intention in Tehran

Following decline in fertility rate and changes in religiousity in recent decades, this study aims to assess the relationship between religiousity and fertility intention. The data was derived from Tehran’s Married Lifestyle Survey in 2016 and a sample of 1272 married men and women so that age of women in their family was 15 to 49 years, were selected. The result showed that childbearing in Tehran is almost universal. About 4 percent of participants intend to remain childless wich is only 16.5 percent of those who are childless. While 67/3 percent of individuals intend to have two or more children, only 47/6 percent of individuals have two children or more in research time. Tendency of people toward religion is relatively high. Almost 65 percent of people have middle and higher level of religiosity. Multivariate analysis show that fertility intention has been influenced by religiousity and this impact continues with presence of effective socio-economic variables. Although women are more religious than men, effect of religiousity on childbearing intentions for both sexes is similar