The U.S. Fertility Decline, 1961-1975: The Contribution of Changes in Marital Status and Marital Fertility
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Family Planning Perspectives
- Vol. 8 (5) , 249-52
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2134321
Abstract
Changes in marital fertility have accounted for 83 percent of the decline in total fertility since 1971; changes in marital status accounted for 19 percent, and changes in nonmarital fertility had only a negligible effect. Declines in the level of marital fertility account for a substantial part of the overall decrease; postponement of childbearing did not occur in any significant degree until the 1970s.Keywords
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