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Household composition choices of older unmarried women

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Douglas A. Wolf, Beth J. Soldo
Demography (1988) 25 (3): 387–403.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061539
Published: 01 August 1988
...Douglas A. Wolf; Beth J. Soldo Abstract This article extends previous research on the household composition of older unmarried women, using a statistical model that treats each of a woman’s surviving children as a distinct potential provider of a shared household. Additional possibilities— living...
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Composition and decomposition in nonmarital fertility

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Lawrence l. Wu
Demography (2009) 46 (1): 209–210.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0044
Published: 01 February 2009
... if this model were to hold for a particular population, it would not in general hold for subgroups of this population; likewise, were it to hold for subgroups, it would not hold for aggregations of these subgroups. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 Unmarried Woman Teen...
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Unmarried Motherhood: Recent Trends, Composition, and Black–White Differences

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Larry Bumpass, Sara McLanahan
Demography (1989) 26 (2): 279–286.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061525
Published: 01 May 1989
... Association of America 1989 1989 Black Woman Central City Unmarried Woman Marital Disruption High Order Birth References Bachrach , C. A. , Horn , M. C. , Mosher , W. D. , &amp; Shimizu , I. ( 1985 ). National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 111, Sample Design, Weighting...
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The Influence of Nonmarital Childbearing on the Formation of First Marriages

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Neil G. Bennett, David E. Bloom, Cynthia K. Miller
Demography (1995) 32 (1): 47–62.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061896
Published: 01 February 1995
... not appear to be driven by low expectations of future marriage. Rather, it tends to be an unexpected and unwanted event, whose effects on a woman’s subsequent likelihood of first marriage are negative on balance. We find that women who bear a child outside marriage and who receive welfare have a particularly...
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Sociodemographic determinants of abortion in The United States

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Eve Powell-Griner, Katherine Trent
Demography (1987) 24 (4): 553–561.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061391
Published: 01 November 1987
...Eve Powell-Griner; Katherine Trent 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Pregnancy Outcome Fetal Death Abortion Rate Unmarried Woman Abortion Service References Burnham, D. 1983. Induced terminations of pregnancy: Reporting states, 1980. Monthly...
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The rising share of nonmarital births: is it only compositional effects?

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John Ermisch
Demography (2009) 46 (1): 193–202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0040
Published: 01 February 2009
... rates, contrary to the theory. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 White Woman Unit Root Black Woman Unmarried Woman Nonmarital Birth References Bumpass L. , &amp; Lu H-H. ( 2000 ). Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children’s...
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Thinking about change in illegitimacy ratios: United States, 1963–1983

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Herbert L. Smith, Phillips Cutright
Demography (1988) 25 (2): 235–247.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061291
Published: 01 May 1988
... are unlikely to abate in the foreseeable future. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1988 1988 Black Woman Government Printing Black Population Unmarried Woman Fertility Behavior References Cutright , P. ( 1972 ). Illegitimacy in the United States—1920–1968...
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A reconsideration of the economic consequences of marital dissolution

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Greg J. Duncan, Saul D. Hoffman
Demography (1985) 22 (4): 485–497.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061584
Published: 01 November 1985
... not improve their economic status through remarriage as much as women who have remarried. 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1985 1985 Family Income Black Woman Child Support Labor Income Unmarried Woman References Bane M.J. , &amp; Weiss R.S. ( 1980...
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Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data

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Lina Aldén, Lena Edlund, Mats Hammarstedt, Michael Mueller-Smith
Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1243–1268.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0403-4
Published: 01 July 2015
... majority of jurisdictions, the woman who gives birth is also the default mother; and if she is unmarried, by default she is also the child’s sole custodian, and the father is unknown. It is very difficult for a man to claim paternity against the will of the mother unless the mother is also his wife, which...
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A decomposition of trends in the nonmarital fertility ratios of blacks and whites in the united states, 1960–1992

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Herbert L. Smith, S. Philip Morgan, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox
Demography (1996) 33 (2): 141–151.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061868
Published: 01 May 1996
... Printing Unmarried Woman Nonmarital Birth References Bachrach C.A. , Stolley K.S. , &amp; London K.A. ( 1992 ). Relinquishment of Premarital Births: Evidence from National Data . Family Planning Perspectives , 24 , 27 – 32 . 10.2307/2135722 Becker G.S. ( 1981...
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The rising share of nonmarital births: Fertility choice or marriage behavior?

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Jo Anna Gray, Jean Stockard, Joe Stone
Demography (2006) 43 (2): 241–253.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2006.0012
Published: 01 May 2006
... 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2006 2006 Black Woman Total Birth Rate Unmarried Woman Marriage Rate Nonmarital Birth References Baughman , R. , &amp; Dickert-Conlin , S. ( 2003 ). Did Expanding the EITC Promote Motherhood? . American Economic Review...
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Distortions caused by nonobservation of periods of cohabitation before the latest

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Jan M. Hoem
Demography (1983) 20 (4): 491–506.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061115
Published: 01 November 1983
... is restricted. 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1983 1983 Unmarried Woman Marriage Rate Maternity History Consensual Union Union Dissolution References Aalen O. O. , &amp; Hoem J. M. ( 1978 ). Random Time Changes for Multivariate Counting Processes...
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The effect of expansions in medicaid income eligibility on abortion

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Theodore Joyce, Robert Kaestner
Demography (1996) 33 (2): 181–192.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061871
Published: 01 May 1996
... a high school degree, we generally find no effect of expansions in Medicaid income eligibility on abortion. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1996 1996 Unmarried Woman Federal Poverty Level Medicaid Enrollment Medicaid Expansion Medicaid Eligibility References...
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Comment on “a theory of the value of children”

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Evelyn L. Lehrer, Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman, J. William Leasure
Demography (1996) 33 (1): 133–136.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061718
Published: 01 February 1996
...Evelyn L. Lehrer; Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman; J. William Leasure 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1996 1996 Unmarried Woman Fertility Behavior Marital Fertility Marital Disruption Marital Stability References Becker G.S. ( 1981 ). A Treatise...
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Response to Ermisch, Martin, and Wu

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Jo Anna Gray, Jean Stockard, Joe Stone
Demography (2009) 46 (1): 211–219.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0047
Published: 01 February 2009
... Population Association of America 2009 2009 Unit Root Selection Effect Total Birth Rate Unmarried Woman Nonmarital Birth References Engle R.F. , &amp; Granger C.W.J. ( 1987 ). Co-Integration and Error Correction: Representation, Estimation, and Testing . Econometrica , 55...
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Risk preferences and the timing of marriage and childbearing

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Lucie Schmidt
Demography (2008) 45 (2): 439–460.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0005
Published: 01 May 2008
... risk-averse counterparts and are therefore less likely to become mothers. These findings may have broader implications for both individual and societal well-being. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2008 2008 Risk Preference Risk Tolerance Unmarried Woman Duration...
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Gender of children and birth timing

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Jay D. Teachman, Paul T. Schollaert
Demography (1989) 26 (3): 411–423.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061601
Published: 01 August 1989
... at any point in time and thus less likely to have disrupted fertility careers. 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1989 1989 Black Woman Birth Interval Gender Composition Unmarried Woman Gender Preference References Allison , P. ( 1982 ). Discrete-time...
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The Validity of Survey Responses on Abortion: Evidence from Estonia

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Barbara A. Anderson, Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, Brian D. Silver
Demography (1994) 31 (1): 115–132.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061911
Published: 01 February 1994
... for women in different situations. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1994 1994 Live Birth Survey Response Maternity Hospital Unmarried Woman Response Validity References Anderson Barbara A. , &amp; Silver Brian D. ( 1986 ). Measurement...
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Female Employment and Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia: The Maternal Role Incompatibility Hypothesis Reconsidered

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Karen Oppenheim Mason, V. T. Palan
Demography (1981) 18 (4): 549–575.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060947
Published: 01 November 1981
... Indian women, the pres- ence vs. absence of either a girl 10-15 or of an older married woman has the ex- pected effect, something that is also the case among urban Chinese women for the second of these measures. The pres- ence vs. absence of a unmarried woman in the household also has the expected effect...
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Marriage markets and nonmarital fertility in the United States

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Scott J. South, Kim M. Lloyd
Demography (1992) 29 (2): 247–264.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061730
Published: 01 May 1992
... of nonemployed males. Only a small proportion of the racial difference in nonmarital fertility appears attributable to differences in the marriage markets of black and of white women. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1992 1992 Marriage Market Unmarried Woman Marriage Rate...
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