Religious involvement is associated with higher fertility and lower maternal investment, but more alloparental support among gambian mothers

JH Shaver, R Chvaja, L Spake… - American journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Human childrearing is cooperative, with women often able to achieve relatively
high fertility through help from many individuals. Previous work has documented …

Maternal religiosity and social support to mothers: helpers' religious identity matters

R Chvaja, L Spake, A Hassan, MK Shenk… - Religion, Brain & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Research demonstrates that religious people are trusted more, receive and provide more
cooperation, and have larger cooperative networks. This line of research also suggests, that …