Quantitative aspects of marriage, fertility and family limitation in nineteenth century America: Another application of the coale specifications | Zendy

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Quantitative aspects of marriage, fertility and family limitation in nineteenth century America: Another application of the coale specifications

Author(s) -

Warren C. Sanderson

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061217

Subject(s) - fertility , historical demography , demography , history , population , geography , genealogy , research methodology , sociology

This paper deals with three aspects of the decline in the fertility of white women in the United States from 1800 to 1920. The first concerns the portion of the secular decline in the total fertility rate which was due to changes in marriage rates and the portion due to decreases in marital fertility rates. The second concerns the fraction of couples in the nineteenth century who acted effectively to reduce their fertility and the third deals with the importance of abortion as a family-limiting practice among white couples in the nineteenth century.

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