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Twenty years ago, half a course on demography would have been devoted to the measurement, description, theory, and statistical analysis of fertility. The nexus of topics centered on fertility included marriage, divorce, living arrangements, contraceptive behavior, contraceptive failure, adolescent fertility, female labor supply, and time use in the household. The most exciting theoretical, empirical, and technical developments were in these areas. Over the years, as the chaotic change of the baby boom and baby bust years receded and US fertility stabilized at a level below replacement, new topics came to dominate the population agenda: the environment, immigration, population aging, and health. But the nexus of issues surrounding fertility contains important unresolved questions, along with new questions prompted by the trends and differentials of the past two decades. The 14 articles in this collection provide new perspectives on American fertility in two ways: they portray substantial (and unappreciated) changes in fertility behavior in the United States during the past two decades; and they identify and illustrate new frameworks and theoretical approaches for interpreting these changes. Despite the weakening of the traditional linkages between marriage, sexual activity, childbearing, and mothers staying at home to rear children, childbearing and childrearing retain their place as core family-related behaviors, both in social science theory and in widely shared perceptions of family life. They also remain vitally important for a range of domestic policy issues--social security, education, and poverty foremost among them.
Ronald D. Lee/John B. Casterline Fertility Trends and Differentials S. Philip Morgan Marriage and Fertility Robert J. Willis/John G. Haaga Frances K. Goldscheider/Gayle Kaufman Mark R. Montgomery Social and Cultural Influences on Fertility Renata Forste/Marta Tienda Antonio McDaniel Mark R. Montgomery/John B. Casterline Duane F. Alwin Women’s Work and Fertility Rachel A. Rosenfeld Diane J. Macunovich Ronald R. Rindfuss/Karin L. Brewster Rachel Connelly Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior Caroline Bledsoe J. Richard Udry
Fertility in the United States: New Patterns, New Theories, 340 pages. You may order on-line through our secure order form. You may order by mail to:
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