Fertility in the United States : new patterns, new theories /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Population Council, c1996.
Description:	vii, 337 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Fertility, Human -- United States. Fertility, Human. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2622208

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Other uniform titles:	Population and development review. Vol. 22, 1996 (Supplement)
Other authors / contributors:	Casterline, John B. Lee, Ronald Demos, 1941- Foote, Karen A. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
ISBN:	0878340866 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	"Based on papers presented at a workshop held by the Committee on Population, National Research Council, at Woods Hole, Mass., September 1994." "Population and development review. A supplement to volume 22, 1996." Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Ronald D. Lee and John B. Casterline
Characteristic Features of Modern American Fertility / S. Philip Morgan
Economic Approaches to Understanding Nonmarital Fertility / Robert J. Willis and John G. Haaga
Fertility and Commitment: Bringing Men Back In / Frances K. Goldscheider and Gayle Kaufman
Comments on Men, Women, and Unintended Pregnancy / Mark R. Montgomery
What's Behind Racial and Ethnic Fertility Differentials? / Renata Forste and Marta Tienda
Fertility and Racial Stratification / Antonio McDaniel
Social Learning, Social Influence, and New Models of Fertility / Mark R. Montgomery and John B. Casterline
From Childbearing to Childrearing: The Link Between Declines in Fertility and Changes in the Socialization of Children / Duane F. Alwin
Women's Work Histories / Rachel A. Rosenfeld
Relative Income and Price of Time: Exploring Their Effects on US Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation / Diane J. Macunovich
Childbearing and Fertility / Ronald R. Rindfuss and Karin L. Brewster
Comments on the Fertility/Employment Interaction / Rachel Connelly
Contraception and "Natural" Fertility in America / Caroline Bledsoe
Biosocial Models of Low-Fertility Societies / J. Richard Udry.

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