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Title: Prospective Fertility Among Young Women in the United States: The Determinants of Fertility Expectations and Ideals
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Shortlidge, Richard L. Jr. Kohen, Andrew I. |
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Prospective Fertility Among Young Women in the United States: The Determinants of Fertility Expectations and Ideals Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1975 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research Keyword(s): Black Family; Family Size; Fertility; Marital Status; Sex Roles; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Work Attitudes; Work Experience Findings from this study which utilizes data from the NLS of Young Women show that: (1) previous work experience and future work plans are negatively related to expected and ideal family size; (2) parental SES is negatively related to expected family size and ideal family size, although parental SES is a more important determinant of ideal family size than expected family size; (3) women who have had at least one child have significantly lower expected and ideal family sizes as compared to women who have not had children; (4) even though having ever been married results in a lower ideal family size, it does not have a significant impact on expected family size; (5) the more proscriptive a woman's attitude toward working women with children, the higher the ideal family size; (6) as measured by educational attainment, a woman with higher social status aspirations has a lower expected family size; and finally, (7) blacks' ideal family size is significantly higher than their white counterparts'. |
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Shortlidge, Richard L. Jr. and Andrew I. Kohen. "Prospective Fertility Among Young Women in the United States: The Determinants of Fertility Expectations and Ideals." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1975. |