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Title: Fertility Behavior of Black and White Families: Some Evidence from the NLS
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Gregory, Paul R. Thomas, R. William |
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Fertility Behavior of Black and White Families: Some Evidence from the NLS Fertility, Education, and Labor Force Project, Working Paper #2. Houston, TX: University of Houston, 1975 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: University of Houston Keyword(s): Behavior; Black Family; Chicago-Columbia Fertility; Family Income; Family Size; Fertility; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This analysis estimates separate black-white models of fertility using an expanded version of the Chicago-Columbia fertility model. Attitudes toward children (ATC) do not significantly affect black families; however, white families with positive ATC have larger families than those with negative ATCs. The husband's education exerts little effect on black fertility; however, it exerts a strong negative impact on white fertility. For couples without children, involuntary sterility and lack of contraception have a greater incidence among blacks. Income also plays a more important role in determining blacks not having children than black family size. Finally, black-white endowments account for close to one half of the differential; coefficient difference and an unexplained residual accounts for the remainder. This finding suggests that if blacks were to achieve economic parity with whites, only one half of the fertility differential would disappear. |
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Gregory, Paul R. and R. William Thomas. "Fertility Behavior of Black and White Families: Some Evidence from the NLS." Fertility, Education, and Labor Force Project, Working Paper #2. Houston, TX: University of Houston, 1975. |