Title: The Catholic family
First published: 1995
Description: Considering the effects of a Catholic heritage on families as a whole and on individuals within families, William Sander looks at the patterns of marriage and intermarriage, divorce, and fertility. He then turns to human capital issues, including the effects of a Catholic background on academic achievement, earnings, employment, and health habits.

Examining the effects of Catholic schooling, Sander takes into account the select nature of the Catholic school population and shows that Catholic high schools have a large negative effect on dropout rates but a positive effect on the test scores of African Americans and Hispanics.
Subjects: Catholic Church, Family, Membership, Religious life, Families, Family, religious life, Familles, Vie religieuse, SOCIAL SCIENCE, General, Sociology, Membership requirements
Places: United States
LC classification: BX2351 .S26 1995