Joseph A Mcfalls
Biographic Data
| ID | 302740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph A Mcfalls |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcfalls |
| SIGNATURE | MCFALLS J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The attitudes of American sociologists toward causal theories of male homosexuality
The American sociologist: Characteristics in the 1990s
Sociology: Micro, Macro, and Mega Structures
The Risks of Reproductive Impairment in the Later Years of Childbearing
A notable feature of the present baby bust in the United States is that substantial proportions of women are delaying much of their childbearing until relatively late in their reproductive lives. One concern about this delayed childbearing is that many women may end up either childless or with fewer children than they desire, owing to reproductive impairment. This paper reviews evidence concerning the decline of reproductive ability with age. The…
Social Problems: Issues, Opinions and Solutions
Toward a Unified Model for Social Problems Theory
The Social Tunnel versus the Python: A New Way to Understand the Impact of Baby Booms and Baby Busts on a Society
Joseph A. McFalls, Jr., Bernard Gallagher, Brian Jones, The Social Tunnel versus the Python: A New Way to Understand the Impact of Baby Booms and Baby Busts on a Society, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1986), pp. 129-132
A Method to Help Students Become Familiar with Demographic Sources
graphic data. I believe this is important for both sociology and non-sociology majors. I stress this point by bringing in newsclippings, magazine articles, and journals which show that a knowledge of demographic sources is valuable in many different fields, such as business and journalism. But, unfortunately, this is not enough to get students excited about the sources of demographic data-a topic which they find very dry regardless of its relevan…
Disease and Fertility
Geophysical Variables and Behavior: XVII. Mental Retardation and Seasonality of Birth: A Racial Analysis
The records of 1174 mentally retarded people were analyzed with regard to patterns of seasonality of birth. A population model was derived from birth records of the general population born during the same time period as the mentally retarded people. Log-linear analyses uncovered no significant differences between the seasons of birth for the mentally retarded and those in the general population. There were also no significant relationships when t…
Psychopathology and Subfecundity
Birth Control and the Fertility of the U.S. Black Population, 1880 To 1980
Black fertility in the U. S. declined sharply in the latter part of the 19th century and continued declining up to 1940. Common expert opinion has held that this decline in fertility was not attributable to an increase in birth control practice. Instead, experts hypothesized that the fertility decline was due almost entirely to deleterious changes in health factors among blacks. The health hypothesis is faulty because those black groups with soci…
A New Perspective on the Twentieth-Century American Fertility Swing
The trend in the American Birthrate of the twentieth century shows the following contrasts: 1) a steady decline during the 1st third; 2) the sharp increase of the baby boom peaking around 1957; and 3) the sharp fertility decline extending to the present. The pattern is the same for both the white and black populations of the country. The 2 most popular demographic theories used to explain fertility swings - the Demographic Transition and Househol…
Impact of VD on the fertility of the U.S. black population, 1880–1950
Despite the absence of hard data about venereal disease (VD) and fecundity changes in the black population it is possible to go beyond speculation and suggestion to areas of circumstantial evidence concerning these variable sand their relationship. The only detailed effort in this direction appears to be the work of Reynolds Farley. In Growth of the Black Population (1970) Farley examines variables that might be used to explain the black fertilit…
Impact of VD on the fertility of the U.S. black population, 1880–1950
Despite the absence of hard data about venereal disease (VD) and fecundity changes in the black population it is possible to go beyond speculation and suggestion to areas of circumstantial evidence concerning these variable sand their relationship. The only detailed effort in this direction appears to be the work of Reynolds Farley. In Growth of the Black Population (1970) Farley examines variables that might be used to explain the black fertilit…
The Risks of Reproductive Impairment in the Later Years of Childbearing
A notable feature of the present baby bust in the United States is that substantial proportions of women are delaying much of their childbearing until relatively late in their reproductive lives. One concern about this delayed childbearing is that many women may end up either childless or with fewer children than they desire, owing to reproductive impairment. This paper reviews evidence concerning the decline of reproductive ability with age. The…
The American sociologist: Characteristics in the 1990s
A New Perspective on the Twentieth-Century American Fertility Swing
The trend in the American Birthrate of the twentieth century shows the following contrasts: 1) a steady decline during the 1st third; 2) the sharp increase of the baby boom peaking around 1957; and 3) the sharp fertility decline extending to the present. The pattern is the same for both the white and black populations of the country. The 2 most popular demographic theories used to explain fertility swings - the Demographic Transition and Househol…
Birth Control and the Fertility of the U.S. Black Population, 1880 To 1980
Black fertility in the U. S. declined sharply in the latter part of the 19th century and continued declining up to 1940. Common expert opinion has held that this decline in fertility was not attributable to an increase in birth control practice. Instead, experts hypothesized that the fertility decline was due almost entirely to deleterious changes in health factors among blacks. The health hypothesis is faulty because those black groups with soci…
Toward a Unified Model for Social Problems Theory
The attitudes of American sociologists toward causal theories of male homosexuality
Psychopathology and Subfecundity
Impact of VD on the fertility of the U.S. black population, 1880–1950
Despite the absence of hard data about venereal disease (VD) and fecundity changes in the black population it is possible to go beyond speculation and suggestion to areas of circumstantial evidence concerning these variable sand their relationship. The only detailed effort in this direction appears to be the work of Reynolds Farley. In Growth of the Black Population (1970) Farley examines variables that might be used to explain the black fertilit…
A New Perspective on the Twentieth-Century American Fertility Swing
The trend in the American Birthrate of the twentieth century shows the following contrasts: 1) a steady decline during the 1st third; 2) the sharp increase of the baby boom peaking around 1957; and 3) the sharp fertility decline extending to the present. The pattern is the same for both the white and black populations of the country. The 2 most popular demographic theories used to explain fertility swings - the Demographic Transition and Househol…
Birth Control and the Fertility of the U.S. Black Population, 1880 To 1980
Black fertility in the U. S. declined sharply in the latter part of the 19th century and continued declining up to 1940. Common expert opinion has held that this decline in fertility was not attributable to an increase in birth control practice. Instead, experts hypothesized that the fertility decline was due almost entirely to deleterious changes in health factors among blacks. The health hypothesis is faulty because those black groups with soci…
Psychopathology and Subfecundity
Geophysical Variables and Behavior: XVII. Mental Retardation and Seasonality of Birth: A Racial Analysis
The records of 1174 mentally retarded people were analyzed with regard to patterns of seasonality of birth. A population model was derived from birth records of the general population born during the same time period as the mentally retarded people. Log-linear analyses uncovered no significant differences between the seasons of birth for the mentally retarded and those in the general population. There were also no significant relationships when t…
Disease and Fertility
The Social Tunnel versus the Python: A New Way to Understand the Impact of Baby Booms and Baby Busts on a Society
Joseph A. McFalls, Jr., Bernard Gallagher, Brian Jones, The Social Tunnel versus the Python: A New Way to Understand the Impact of Baby Booms and Baby Busts on a Society, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1986), pp. 129-132
A Method to Help Students Become Familiar with Demographic Sources
graphic data. I believe this is important for both sociology and non-sociology majors. I stress this point by bringing in newsclippings, magazine articles, and journals which show that a knowledge of demographic sources is valuable in many different fields, such as business and journalism. But, unfortunately, this is not enough to get students excited about the sources of demographic data-a topic which they find very dry regardless of its relevan…
Social Problems: Issues, Opinions and Solutions
Toward a Unified Model for Social Problems Theory
The Risks of Reproductive Impairment in the Later Years of Childbearing
A notable feature of the present baby bust in the United States is that substantial proportions of women are delaying much of their childbearing until relatively late in their reproductive lives. One concern about this delayed childbearing is that many women may end up either childless or with fewer children than they desire, owing to reproductive impairment. This paper reviews evidence concerning the decline of reproductive ability with age. The…
Sociology: Micro, Macro, and Mega Structures
The American sociologist: Characteristics in the 1990s
The attitudes of American sociologists toward causal theories of male homosexuality
Sociology (12 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Fertility (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Baby boom (3 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works)