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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 183–209.
Published: 01 February 2025
...Ben Wilson Abstract It is well-known that childbearing is associated with age at migration, but most research has focused on foreign-born women who migrated as adults. Much less is known about male immigrants or immigrants who arrived as children, despite the importance of studying these groups...
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View articletitled, The <span class="search-highlight">Childbearing</span> of Immigrants Who Arrived as Children: Understanding the Role of Age at Arrival for Women and Men
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Demography (1981) 18 (1): 1–25.
Published: 01 February 1981
.... Shifts in Values Associated with Fertility Decisions Following Childbearing. Paper presented at the Workshop on Psychological Aspects of Fertility and Fertility Regulation, Montreal. Davis K. ( 1963 ). The Theory of Change and Response in Modem Demographic History . Population Index , 29...
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Demography (1978) 15 (3): 361–380.
Published: 01 August 1978
...Arland Thornton Abstract Earlier models of fertility hypothesize that marital dissolution and remarriage influence subsequent childbearing. This issue is examined by comparing the fertility of those in disrupted marriages with that of those in stable marriages. The results indicate...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 451–465.
Published: 01 August 1989
...Kazuo Yamaguchi Abstract Through mathematical deductions, this article shows certain macro-demographic consequences of individually employed male-preferring stopping rules in childbearing. It is shown that male-preferring stopping rules generate differences between boys and girls in birth order...
View articletitled, A formal theory for male-preferring stopping rules of <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span>: sex differences in birth order and in the number of siblings
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for article titled, A formal theory for male-preferring stopping rules of <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span>: sex differences in birth order and in the number of siblings
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Demography (1984) 21 (4): 591–611.
Published: 01 November 1984
...David E. Bloom; James Trussell Abstract This paper presents estimates of delayed childbearing and permanent childlessness in the United States and the determinants of those phenomena. The estimates are derived by fitting the Coale-McNeil marriage model to survey data on age at first birth...
View articletitled, What are the determinants of delayed <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span> and permanent childlessness in the United States?
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Demography (2000) 37 (4): 523–533.
Published: 01 November 2000
.... ( 1984 ). Analysis of Survival Data . London : Chapman and Hall . Dex , S. , Joshi , H. , McCulloch , A. , & Macran , S. ( 1996 ). Women’s Employment Transitions Around Childbearing . London : Centre for Economic Policy Research . Hall , D.R. ( 1993...
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Demography (1986) 23 (3): 467–468.
Published: 01 August 1986
... and Determinants of Fertility in Melbourne . Canberra : Department of Demography, Australian National University . Carlson , E. D. ( 1985 ). The impact of international migration upon the timing of marriage and childbearing . Demography , 22 , 61 – 72 . 10.2307/2060986 DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 23...
View articletitled, A comment on elwood Carlson’s “the impact of international migration upon the timing of marriage and <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span>”
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Demography (1985) 22 (1): 61–72.
Published: 01 February 1985
... DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 22, Number 1 February 1985 THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION UPON THE TIMING OF MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING Elwood D. Carlson Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION The experiences of people...
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Demography (1985) 22 (1): 73–88.
Published: 01 February 1985
...Janet D. Griffith; Helen P. Koo; C. M. Suchindran Abstract Proportional hazards models are used to test hypotheses about the effect of women’s prior childbearing on the probability of having a birth in remarriage and to analyze the effects of other factors. Results indicate that the number...
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Demography (1986) 23 (1): 31–52.
Published: 01 February 1986
...Alberto Palloni; Marta Tienda Abstract The effects of the pace of childbearing and breastfeeding practices on infant mortality have rarely been considered together. In this paper, we design and use a set of methodological tools to test a variety of hypotheses postulating the effects...
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Demography (1984) 21 (2): 141–155.
Published: 01 May 1984
...Sandra L. Hofferth Abstract Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study explored the association among delayed childbearing, completed family size and several measures of the economic well-being of women age 60 and older in 1976. By retirement age women who bore their first child...
View articletitled, Long-term economic consequences for women of delayed <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span> and reduced family size
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Demography (1981) 18 (3): 267–285.
Published: 01 August 1981
.... This paper presents a model which allows analysis of the full range of intentions. After selecting a sample of women in the later stage of childbearing (e.g., those who intend fewer than two additional children) from the 1965and 1970 National Fertility Studies, it is shown that: (1) substantial portions...
View articletitled, Intention and Uncertainty at Later Stages of <span class="search-highlight">Childbearing</span>: The United States 1965 and 1970
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 181–197.
Published: 01 February 2002
...Susan D. Stewart Abstract This article reports on a study of the effect of stepchildren (children from previous unions) on coupleś fertility intentions and childbearing behavior using longitudinal data from the National Survey of Families and Households. The results indicated that stepchildren...
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Demography (2002) 39 (2): 311–329.
Published: 01 May 2002
... are less pronounced for black women than for other women. The risk is lower for previously married women than for never-married women, even controlling for age, but this reduction is significant only for black women. The more children a woman already has, the lower her risk of nonmarital childbearing...
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Demography (1998) 35 (3): 315–322.
Published: 01 August 1998
...Elizabeth Thomson; Jan M. Hoem Abstract We use data from a nationally representative sample of Swedish couples to estimate effects of partners’ childbearing plans on the rate of subsequent childbearing. Only 11% of the couples in this sample expressed plans in opposite directions (plan to have...
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Demography (1998) 35 (4): 435–443.
Published: 01 November 1998
...William G. Axinn; Jennifer S. Barber; Arland Thornton Abstract We examine the long-term impact of parents' childbearing decisions on children's self-esteem. We focus on subjective aspects of the home environment in the creation of children's internalized sense of self-worth. Unique 23-year family...
View articletitled, The long-term impact of parents' <span class="search-highlight">childbearing</span> decisions on children's self-esteem
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 59–75.
Published: 01 February 1999
... a weaker association between first births at young (versus older) ages and (1) a rapid pace of subsequent childbearing and (2) higher completed fertility. We discuss possible causes and consequences of these changes. 26 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1999 1999 Birth Interval...
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Demography (1993) 30 (4): 653–681.
Published: 01 November 1993
... fertility decisions as predictors of disruption of the marriage. We find that the hazard of disruption has strong negative effects on the hazard of marital childbearing, lengthening the intervals between births and decreasing the chances that a child will be born. This effect appears to be strongest...
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Demography (1995) 32 (1): 47–62.
Published: 01 February 1995
...Neil G. Bennett; David E. Bloom; Cynthia K. Miller Abstract We document a negative association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first marriage in the United States, controlling for a variety of potentially confounding influences. Nonmarital childbearing does...
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Demography (1995) 32 (3): 425–436.
Published: 01 August 1995
...Larry L. Bumpass; R. Kelly Raley; James A. Sweet Abstract Divorce, nonmarital childbearing, and cohabitation are reshaping family experience in the United States. Because of these changes, our traditional definitions of families decreasingly capture the social units of interest. We have noted how...
View articletitled, The Changing Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital <span class="search-highlight">Childbearing</span>
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