The Relation of Income and Fertility

Bibliographic Data

ID2586856
AuthorsPhillip R Kunz (corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume27
Issue4
Pages509
Publication date1965-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/350191
OpenAlexW2323612063
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Using 1960 Census data, evidence is compiled to show the reversal of the historical inverse relationship of and fertility with a five percent national sample of urbanized women whose husbands have the same type of social characteristics but vary in income. The hypothesis that couples with more relative income when compared with other couples with similar education, occupation, and age would be able to afford the same style of life and would have additional money for more children is supported. A marked difference appears when age at marriage is controlled: women marrying at 22 years of age and after show a strong positive relation between and fertility

Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Population · Sample (material · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology

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