Abstract
Abstract The Mormons of Utah have long intrigued demographic historians because of their pioneering experience in settling in Utah, their practice of polygamy 1 in the last century, and the long-term pro-natalist policies of the Church which have resulted in notably high fertility. 2 While high levels of fertility among this population have been recognized for some time the evidence on the exact characteristics of Mormon fertility behaviour has been weak. 3 In the United States neither the census nor the vital statistics contain information on fertility by religion, while in the Canadian census fertility data are provided which treat the Mormons as a separate religious group only for 1931, 1941, 1951 and 1961. 4 The LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormon) Church does collect and report mortality and fertility data relating to its membership, but the fertility reports are limited to the crude birth rate for the entire Church membership and cover for the most part only the last half cent...
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