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How big are educational and racial fertility differentials in the U.S

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ID7668802
AuthorsYang Yang (0000-0002-3705-7612, Duke University, corresponding author), Philip Morgan, S Philip Morgan (0009-0003-2269-5368, Duke University)
Year2003
Volume50
Issue3-4
Pages167-187
Publication date2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.2003.9989070
PMID16382810
OpenAlexW2109709424
LanguageEN
Citations received44
References cited43

Using pooled data from the 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 CPS and 1988 and 1995 NSFG surveys, we show that shifts in fertility timing have occurred disproportionately for the more educated and for whites (compared to the less educated and to African Americans). Such timing shifts imply that the underlying period quantum of fertility is considerably higher for college-educated women and for whites than suggested by the standard total fertility rate. Applying the Bongaarts-Feeney model (1998), we decompose observed racial and educational differences in age-order-specific fertility rates and TFR into tempo and quantum components. We find that a modest part of educational differences and a substantial part of racial difference in period fertility can be attributed to differential changes in tempo. Analysis by race and education shows a clear interaction: higher fertility among African Americans is confined to the less educated

Economics · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Family planning · Fertility · National Survey of Family Growth · Population · Racial differences · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

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