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Title: Determinants of Fertility in Remarriage: Outcomes of White American Experience
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1. Haurin, R. Jean
Determinants of Fertility in Remarriage: Outcomes of White American Experience
Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Family Structure; Fertility; First Birth; Household Composition; Remarriage

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This study examines how remarriage influences the timing of first births in marriage for a contemporary cohort of white females. A model of the determinants of a first birth in marriage is developed and empirically tested for first and second marriage. Hypotheses regarding the impact of prior marital experience and characteristics of prior-born children for both wife and husband are tested. Correction is made for the process of selection into various marital states. Results indicate that first- and second marriers are influenced by similar sets of factors. However, second-married individuals are significantly more likely to have a birth soon after marriage. These results highlight the pro-fertility context of remarriage suggesting a desire to "cement" new marriages through additional fertility. Larger numbers of prior-born children residing outside the household tend to decrease the likelihood of subsequent fertility. The overall reduction in fertility is greatest if the prior- born children are the woman's step-children rather than biological children.
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Haurin, R. Jean. "Determinants of Fertility in Remarriage: Outcomes of White American Experience." Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994.