2. Types of Colleges and Family-Size Preferences

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents ix
5. Tables xi
6. Part I. Introduction
7. 1. Background, Scope, and Method 3
8. Part II. The Effects of Higher Education
9. 2. Types of Colleges and Family-Size Preferences 21
10. 3. Higher Education and Family-Size Preferences 29
11. 4. Higher Education and Family-Planning Intentions 50
12. 5. Higher Education and Fertility Values within Selected Controls 60
13. 6. Higher Education and Some Beliefs about Marriage, Family, and Career 87
14. 7. Conclusions and Discussion of the Effects of Higher Education 120
15. Part III. The Influence of Social Factors and Beliefs
16. 8. Social and Personal Characteristics and Fertility Values 129
17. 9. Beliefs, Family-Size Preferences, and Family-Planning Intentions 163
18. 10. Intergroup Distances and Belief Structures 191
19. 11. Multivariate Analyses of Correlates of Family-Size Preferences 204
20. 12. Conclusions and Discussion of Factors Affecting Fertility Values 220
21. Appendix 225
22. Index 235