Parity-Specific and Two-Sex Utility Models of Reproductive Intentions
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- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Demography
- Vol. 17 (1) , 1-11
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2060959
Abstract
This paper uses married couples’ anticipated consequences of having a (another) child to predict their reproductive intentions. Parity-specific models identify different variables as predictors of reproductive behavior at different parities but do not yield interpretable patterns of difference by parity. Parity-specific models are not significantly stronger predictors of reproductive behavior. Generally, wife-only models are distinctly superior to husband-only models. Two-sex models are usually better predictors than one-sex models but not enough better to justify the additional cost.Keywords
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