Postwar fertility trends and differentials in the United States (Studies in population)

Postwar Fertility Trends and Differentials in the United States examines fertility trends and levels within social and economic subgroups in the United States. The major portion of the book deals with the time period 1945-1969; the last chapter extends the findings through the first half of the 1970s. The study is based on data made available by the release of the 1-in-a-100 Public Use Samples from the 1960 and 1970 United States Censuses. This book is the first comprehensive study of socioeconomic fertility trends and differentials to use these Public Use Samples. The book opens with a chapter that presents annual estimates of age-specific fertility rates by educational attainment of women and by race for the period 1945-1969. Separate chapters then examine the pattern of differentials in recent fertility in the late 1950s and the late 1960s for the U.S. population as a whole; changing fertility during the period 1955-1969; and differentials in fertility within and among members of various racial and ethnic minorities. Subsequent chapters deal with rural fertility trends and differentials; the effect of migration on fertility; and the similarity of all social and economic groups with respect to fertility trends. Content: STUDIES IN POPULATION , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages ix-x 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-8 2 - Measurement: Sources, Opportunities, and Limitations , Pages 9-31 3 - Trends in Fertility: 1945-1969 , Pages 33-59 4 - Differentials: Persistence and Change , Pages 61-88 5 - Fertility Trends among Minority Groups , Pages 89-116 6 - Fertility Differentials within Minority Groups , Pages 117-150 7 - Rural Fertility Trends and Differentials , Pages 151-172 8 - Fertility and Migration: The Case of Puerto Rico , Pages 173-184 9 - Similarity and Diversity: Some Extensions and Implications , Pages 185-193 Appendix A - Urban White Recent Marital Fertility Differentials , Pages 195-198 Appendix B - Stability of Racial Estimates of Annual Fertility Rates , Pages 199-202 Appendix C - Differentials in Recent Marital Fertility within Various Racial and Ethnic Groups: 1960 , Pages 203-207 Appendix D - Post-1970 Fertility Trends and Differentials within the Black Population , Pages 209-211 References , Pages 213-220 Index , Pages 221-225 Ronald R. Rindfuss, James A. Sweet. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 213-220.