Minority Status and Childlessness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2274251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R L Boyd (0000-0001-8729-7430, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-342 |
| Publication date | 1989-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1989.tb00110.x |
| OpenAlex | W1982853945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
This study applies the Goldscheider-Uhlenberg theory of minority status and fertility to black-white differences in childlessness. It is hypothesized that when integration into dominant societal institutions is impeded, high-status black couples are more likely to be voluntarily childless than comparable white couples. Using census data, the results tend to support this hypothesis, suggesting that among college-educated, high-status couples, blacks delay marriage longer and have higher rates of voluntary childlessness than do white couples. The implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions for further research are noted
Biology · Census · Childlessness · Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · National Survey of Family Growth · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · White (mutation) · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
The fertility of American women
Population, modernization, and social structure.
Transitions and social change
First Births in America
Race, Education, and Fertility
Children of the Great Depression
Some Further Observations on Childlessness and Color
Voluntary Childlessness
What will 1984 be like? Socioeconomic implications of recent twists in age structure
Trends and Incidence of Childlessness by Race
Factors in the incidence of childlessness in Canada
Impact of VD on the fertility of the U.S. black population, 1880–1950
Characteristics of voluntarily and involuntarily childless wives
Trends in childlessness in the United States, 1910–1975
Income and childlessness in the United States
Relationship of income and childlessness
Differential childlessness by color
Differentials in fertility among black doctorates
The Effects of Health of the Completed Fertility of Nonwhite and White U.S. Women born Between 1867 and 1935
Birth Control and the Fertility of the U.S. Black Population, 1880 To 1980
Black Fertility and Family Structure in the U.S., 1880-1940
Childlessness in a Transitional Population
Family Economy and the Black American Fertility Transition
The Decline of Black Marital Fertility in the Rural South
The Effect of Minority Group Status on Fertility
Social Status and the Married Woman
Differential Childlessness by Color
Childless and Single-Childed Women in Early Twentieth-Century America
Minority-Group Status and the Fertility of Black Americans, 1970
Minority-Group Status and Fertility
Minority Group Status and Fertility
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2014 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |