The Later Years of Childbearing

by Larry L. Bumpass and Charles F. Westoff

Book Overview

Why do American couples differ in the number of children they have? To answer this question the first major longitudinal study in American fertility was begun in 1957 with a series of interviews with parents of two children. Family Growth in Metropolitan America (1961) and The Third Child (1963) reported the results of the first two phases of this research project.

In this book, in addition to evaluating the longitudinal design...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691620776
• ISBN13: 9780691620770
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"