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Demography (1980) 17 (4): 365–378.
Published: 01 November 1980
...Ronald Freedman; Deborah S. Freedman; Arland D. Thornton Abstract Changing fertility expectations and preferences from 1962 to 1977 are compared with final parity in a longitudinal study. Results are strongly affected by initial parity in 1962. Final parity, 27 percent below expectations for those...
View articletitled, Changes in Fertility Expectations and <span class="search-highlight">Preferences</span> between 1962 and 1977: Their Relation to Final Parity
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Demography (1981) 18 (1): 27–37.
Published: 01 February 1981
...Kathy R. Widmer; Gary H. McClelland; Carol A. Nickerson Abstract The stopping rule measure of sex preferences represents a combination of psychological measures of preference and behavioral intentions. This study of 172 college students demonstrates that the stopping rule measure is a useful...
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Demography (1977) 14 (2): 169–178.
Published: 01 May 1977
...Gordon F. De Jong Abstract For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans’ strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities. However, as Fuguitt and Zuiches (1975) have reported, the majority of people also want...
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Demography (1979) 16 (3): 377–388.
Published: 01 August 1979
...Gary H. McClelland Abstract The two methods commonly used to assess the effect of sex preferences on fertility are inadequate to the task. Parity progression ratio analyses suffer from logical problems stemming from the heterogeneity of sex preferences and the riskiness of fertility decisions...
View articletitled, Determining the impact of sex <span class="search-highlight">preferences</span> on fertility: A consideration of parity progression ratio, dominance, and stopping rule measures
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Demography (1979) 16 (4): 565–573.
Published: 01 November 1979
...Tim Heaton; Carl Fredrickson; Glenn V. Fuguitt; James J. Zuiches Abstract This paper explores the role of size of place residential preference in the evolution of the intention to move out of the present community using data from the March 1974 NORC Amalgam Survey. People who prefer to live...
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Demography (1975) 12 (3): 491–504.
Published: 01 August 1975
...Glenn V. Fuguitt; James J. Zuiches Abstract Public opinion research has revealed decided preferences for living in rural areas and small towns, and proponents of population deconcentration have interpreted this as support for their policies. This study, based on a national sample, yielded similar...
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Demography (1974) 11 (4): 587–611.
Published: 01 November 1974
...Lolagene C. Coombs Abstract A new method for measuring preferences for number of children is presented and related to the subsequent fertility of a panel of married women over a five-year period. The I -scales, developed on the basis of unfolding theory, reflect the individual’s utility function...
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Demography (1975) 12 (1): 57–66.
Published: 01 February 1975
.... The Method of Paired Compari- I sons . Biometrika , 39 , 324 – 345 . Coombs C. H. , McClelland G. H. , & Coombs L. C. ( 1973 ). The Measurement and Analysis of Family Composition Preferences. Michigan Mathematical Psychology Program: MMPP 73–5 . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan...
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Demography (1975) 12 (1): 67–79.
Published: 01 February 1975
...William F. Stinner; Paul Douglas Mader Abstract An analysis of family sex composition preferences as well as the relationship between actual family sex composition and desire for no additional children among a national sample of Filipino women is presented. An emphasis on balance or son-daughter...
View articletitled, Sons, Daughters or Both?: An Analysis of Family Sex Composition <span class="search-highlight">Preferences</span> in the Philippines
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Demography (1977) 14 (1): 97–102.
Published: 01 February 1977
...Katharine A. Frohardt-Lane; J. Richard Landis; William H. Bruvold Abstract In this article, we introduce an alternative technique to the single-sentence question for measuring preferences for number of children, age at marriage, length of first birth interval, length of employment, and years...
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Demography (1991) 28 (1): 1–19.
Published: 01 February 1991
...W.A.V. Clark Abstract The debate over the role of the forces that create the patterns of residential separation has identified neighborhood preferences as one of the explanatory variables, but although we possess some empirical data on the nature of neighborhood racial preferences, the theoretical...
View articletitled, Residential <span class="search-highlight">preferences</span> and neighborhood racial segregation: A test of the schelling segregation model
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Demography (1990) 27 (4): 589–600.
Published: 01 November 1990
...Glenn V. Fuguitt; David L. Brown Abstract In seeking to explain recent trends in population distribution, there has been increased interest in residential preferences. This study is a comparison of preferences based on 1972 and 1988 national surveys, years that bracket a period of considerable...
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Demography (1987) 24 (1): 61–76.
Published: 01 February 1987
...Sean-Shong Hwang; Don E. Albrecht Abstract A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between their preferred and actual residences. Analysis indicates that the logit of fulfilling residential preference is largely determined by the type of area preferred and the occupation...
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Demography (1984) 21 (3): 423–429.
Published: 01 August 1984
.... , & Thornton A. D. ( 1980 ). Changes in Fertility Expectations and Preferences between 1962 and 1977: Their Relation to Final Parity . Demography , 17 , 265 – 378 . 10.2307/2061151
Henry F. ( 1982 ). Multivariate Analysis and Ordinal Data . American Sociological Review , 47 , 299...
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 177–189.
Published: 01 May 1982
... increase in sons as first-born and daughters as second children; that the overall sex ratio would be little changed from that occurring naturally except at very low fertility levels with universal use of such technology; and that fertility is only minimally influenced by gender preferences. 27 1 2011...
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 557–572.
Published: 01 August 2002
...M. Giovanna Merli; Herbert L. Smith Abstract Has China’s strict one-child policy been successful in changing fertility preferences? Using linked data from surveys conducted in four counties of northern China in 1991 and 1994, we compare reproductive behavior against prior fertility preferences...
View articletitled, Has the Chinese family planning policy been successful in changing fertility <span class="search-highlight">preferences</span>?
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Demography (1992) 29 (3): 451–466.
Published: 01 August 1992
...William A. V. Clark Abstract A study of the expressed preferences of four different ethnic groups in the Los Angeles metropolitan area shows strong desires for own-race combinations in the ethnicity of neighborhoods that individuals say they would choose when seeking a new residence. The results...
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Demography (1998) 35 (2): 229–242.
Published: 01 May 1998
...F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo Abstract The extent of men’s roles in reproductive decision-making in Africa is a subject of contention. Despite the volume of work on the roles men play in fertility decisions, there have been few attempts to derive direct empirical estimates of the effect of men’s preferences...
View articletitled, Men matter: Additive and interactive gendered <span class="search-highlight">preferences</span> and reproductive behavior in kenya
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Demography (2021) 58 (5): 1737–1764.
Published: 01 October 2021
... at relatively earlier parities compared with their brothers. In this study, we develop novel methods for measuring son bias using both questionnaire items and implicit association tests, and we collect data on fertility preferences and outcomes from 2,700 participants in Armenia. We document highly skewed sex...
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View articletitled, Investigating the Structure of Son Bias in Armenia With Novel Measures of Individual <span class="search-highlight">Preferences</span>
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Demography (1994) 31 (1): 65–79.
Published: 01 February 1994
...William G. Axinn; Marin E. Clarkberg; Arland Thornton Abstract Several studies have demonstrated important effects of parents’ childbearing behavior on their children’s childbearing preferences and behavior. The study described here advances our understanding of these family influences by expanding...
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