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Black‐White Differentials in the Demand for Children
Author(s) -
AbdelGhany Mohamed
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8000900109
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , white (mutation) , demography , fertility , racial differences , racial group , geography , national survey of family growth , black male , race (biology) , psychology , ethnic group , sociology , research methodology , population , gender studies , family planning , biochemistry , chemistry , anthropology , gene
Using the 1970 National Fertility Survey, a multiple regression model was used to determine the effects of selected socioeconomic variables on the number of intended children by black and white families. The study also examined the extent to which the black‐white differentials in the demand for children can be accounted for by underlying differences in socioeconomic characteristics between the two racial groups. Results of the study indicate that differences in the socioeconomic characteristics between black and white families explained 50 percent of the difference in the intended number of children by the two racial groups.