Family and Fertility in Puerto Rico : A Study of the Lower Income Group

Covers a wide range of variables hypothetically bearing on fertility while emphasizing sexual norms, character structure, the fertility belief system, and birth control practices, as they are all influenced by the family. Acknowledgments Contents Tables Figures I Introduction II Differential Status Ideologies of the Sexes III Child-Rearing Practices IV Courtship V Early Marriage and Consensual Union VI Marital Relations VII Attitudes toward Fertility: The Fertility Belief System VIII Attitudes toward Birth Control IX The Dynamics of Birth-Control Use X Summary and Recommendations Appendix A: Methodology Appendix Β: Respondent Characteristics Appendix C: The Construction of Indices Appendix D: Interview Forms Appendix E: Categories for File Index of Selected Quotations List of Works Cited Index