Value of Children and Fertility Behavior in a Tri-Racial, Rural County

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It has been argued that the narrowing of fertility differentials has been due to an increasing similarity in the function of children across socio-cultural groupings. The present research explores the relationship between the value placed on children and family size patterns and preferences for black, Indian, and white married men and women. The analysis reveals that values attached to children explain more of the variation in actual and desired fertility among men then among women, and among Indians than among whites and blacks. While the values placed on children may be converging, it is questionable whether these values represent a constant factor in childbearing tendencies.

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