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As part of a series of feasibility studies undertaken to develop and test new approaches to the study of the of American Negroes, 24 group discussions were held four locations (Table 1) to explore the subject in depth.' The participants, 166 all, were Negro females of childbearing age (i.e., 15-49). These discussions were video-taped, thereby providing a complete and objective recording of the proceedings. Our viewing and analysis of the video-tapes of these discussion groups have resulted a number of impressions with respect to a variety of topics which should be of interest to persons concerned with differential patterns of fertility. In this report, we deal mainly with issues broadly relating to contraceptive attitudes, knowledge, and use, and with the used discussing these topics. Through these group discussions we hoped to learn the language of fertility as used by the population of interest (i.e., Negro females of childbearing age) and to achieve greater understanding of the factors influencing family formation. More specifically, the purpose was to see how situations having to do with sex, marriage, children, and family life are defined by participants, how they speak of them, what distinctions they make, what

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  Melvin Zelnik, John F Kantner•Studies in Family Planning•1972

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• Models of illegitimacy

  Open Access•Larry Freshnock, Phillips Cutright•Demography•1979

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