List of Figures and Tables

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Contributors xi
5. Introduction. Social Class and Family Patterns in the United States 1
6. Chapter One. Birth Control Use and Early, Unintended Births 21
7. Chapter Two. Thinking about Demographic Family Difference Fertility Differentials in an Unequal Society 50
8. Chapter Three. Between Poor and Prosperous 68
9. Chapter Four. Daddy, Baby; Momma, Maybe 85
10. Chapter Five. Family Instability and Complexity after a Nonmarital Birth 108
11. Chapter Six Social Class and the Transition to Adulthood 134
12. Chapter Seven. Family Change, Public Response 165
13. Chapter Eight. The Recent Transformation of the American Family 192
14. Index 221