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Reexamining the link of early childbearing to Marriage and to subsequent fertillty

Author(s) -

S. Philip Morgan,

Ronald R. Rindfuss

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2648134

Subject(s) - fertility , demography , pace , birth rate , population , developed country , demographic economics , geography , economics , sociology , geodesy

Using data from the 1980, 1985, and 1990 Current Population Surveys, we show that the link between early fertility and nonmarital births has become stronger. Women who give birth earlier are increasingly likely to be unmarried. In contrast, we find a weaker association between first births at young (versus older) ages and (1) a rapid pace of subsequent childbearing and (2) higher completed fertility. We discuss possible causes and consequences of these changes.

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