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tendency for several SMSAs to function as a spatial and
social nuclei for this group.
Several SMSAs in the population are specialized for
religious affiliation. Boston, El Paso, Salt Lake City, and
Lancaster, Pennsylvania are dominated by one religious group.
The Catholic population predominates in the Northeast. A
city in which fifty percent or more of the total population
is Catholic might be assumed to be specialized for that
religion which would influence the attitudes and life style
of the population. Surely Boston is influenced by its large
Catholic population (69.39 percent). El Paso is another
SMSA dominated by a Catholic population. The descriptive
statistics illustrate the possibility of Catholicism as an
influence on structural characteristics. El Paso has the
lowest median age for the population with 22.73 and the
next to the highest fertility with 2,858 (cumulative number
of children ever born by female per 1,000 women). Although
less than fifty percent, the Catholic population is one of
the largest outside of the Northeast with 40.62 percent.
Salt Lake City is the SMSA with the highest fertility with
2,922 and the next to the lowest median age for the popu-
lation with 23.21. The Mormon religion which predominates
in Salt Lake City emphasizes family values and large numbers
of children.
A description of the Lancaster SMSA is of interest for
several reasons. Lancaster County is characterized by a
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Ross, Patricia A. An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility, dissertation, May 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330883/m1/81/?rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .