Fecundity of Families Dependent on Public Charity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2199072 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Popenoe, Ellen Morton Williams |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-220 |
| Publication date | 1934-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/216686 |
| OpenAlex | W2065837457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A study of 504 families who had been dependent for years on public relief in Los Angeles Country shows that they have been producing children steadily at public expense. The completed family averages five living children, and one-third of these are born after the family has become dependent. Three or more social welfare agencies were aiding each of these families, in 80 per cent of the cases. The mean Mexican family is half again as large as the mean American family. Most of the wives are still young enough to bear more children at public expense. The longer a family is dependent on charity, the more children it produces
Demographic economics · Economics · Fecundity · Political science · Population · Social Welfare · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Welfare · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |