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Third Child

A Study in the Prediction of Fertility
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015

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The second phase of a long-term study in American fertility. Tables, interview forms.

Originally published in 1963.

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    Frontmatter

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    Foreword

    vii
    Ansley J. Coale
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    Preface

    ix
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    Contents

    xiii
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    Tables

    xv
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    Appendix Tables

    xxiii
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  • Part I. Introduction
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    Chapter I. Background, Sample, and Objectives

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  • Part II. Fertility and Fertility Control
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    Chapter II. Current Fertility and Fertility Control in the United States: A Review

    11
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    Chapter III. Voluntary Factors in the Speed of Conception

    26
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    Chapter IV. Contraceptive Effectiveness as a Function of Desired Family Size

    38
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    Chapter V. Improved Contraception and Its Mechanisms

    45
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    Chapter VI. Birth Spacing as Related to Desired Family Size

    56
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    Chapter VII. Predicting Fertility Over Three Years

    66
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  • Part III. Social And Psychological Factors
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    Chapter VIII. Religion and Religiousness

    79
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    Chapter IX. Socio-Economic Status

    108
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    Chapter X. Social Mobility

    132
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    Chapter XI. Reactions to Change in General Economic Conditions

    148
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    Chapter XII. Residence and Migration

    157
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    Chapter XIII. Some Family Relationships

    183
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    Chapter XIV. Age, Family Composition, and Sex Preference

    198
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    Chapter XV. Multivariate Analyses

    209
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  • Part IV. Summary
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    Chapter XVI. Summary of Major Findings

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  • Part V. Appendices
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    Appendix A. The Interview Schedule

    249
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    Appendix Β. Sampling

    257
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    Appendix C. The Reliability of Data on Fertility Planning

    261
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    Appendix D. Measurement of Contraceptive Effectiveness

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    Appendix E. Significance Levels of Correlation Coefficients

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    Author Index

    287
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400876426
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Keywords for this book
Fertility; Birth control; Family planning; Family income; Grandparent; Remarriage; Pregnancy rate; Miscarriage; Natural family planning; Socioeconomic status; Catholic Schools (UK); Amenorrhoea; Geometric distribution; Live birth (human); Pregnancy; Coitus interruptus; Menopause; Unemployment; Vital statistics (government records); Childbirth; Prevalence; Maternal health; Birth order; Sampling bias; Abortion; Catholic school; DEPT (medicine); Eugenics; Spouse; Sampling (statistics); Demography; Unintended pregnancy; Fecundity; Income and fertility; Income; Birth rate; Church attendance; Stillbirth; Frederick Osborn; Planned Parenthood; Standard of living; Factor 10; Correction for attenuation; Vital rates; Sterilization (medicine); Residence; Menstrual cycle; Protestantism; Delayed gratification; Estimation; Longitudinal study; Inference; Overreaction; Raw score; Parochial school; Calculation; Diagonal method; Statistical significance; Ethnic history; Economic problem; Indication (medicine); Menstruation; Parent; Economic security; Ethnic origin; Social Security Administration; The Various; Questionnaire; Frank W. Notestein; Educational attainment
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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