Regional-sub-cultural explanations of black fertility in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bali Ram (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 553 |
| Publication date | 1976-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2173751 |
| PMID | 22091887 |
| OpenAlex | W4236386793, W2005147820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper re-examines the relevance of the hypothesis concerning the Southern sub-culture and black fertility in the United States. According to zero-order correlation analysis, Southern-born blacks show higher fertility than those born in other regions. But a dummy-variable regression technique applied to the data from the 1970 public-use sample indicates that the Southern origin - independent of other factors-is not different from other regions. Southern birth has the effect of increasing black fertility, but much less so than birth in the North Central region. Southern blacks show higher fertility because of their lower socio-economic background. It is concluded that geographical regions in the United States have little or no cultural meaning in explaining reproductive behaviour
Fertility · Geography · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1983 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |