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Title: The Sibsize Revolution and Social Disparities in Childrens Family Contexts in the United States, 1940-2012
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: This article points to a sharp decline in childrens sibling numbers (sibsize) that occurred in the United States since the 1970s and was large enough among children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) (particularly black children) to amount to a revolution in their family circumstances. It interprets sibsize decline as a source of social convergence in childrens family contexts that ran counter to trends toward social divergence caused by the rise of lone parenthood. The article is based on new estimates of differences in childrens sibsize and lone parenthood by race and maternal education generated from public-use samples from the Census of Population and Current Population Survey (CPS), focusing especially on the period 1940-2012. I discuss some methodological and substantive challenges for existing scholarship arising from the findings and point to questions for future research.
Url: https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-017-0568-0
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Authors: Fahey, Tony
Periodical (Full): Demography
Issue: 3
Volume: 54
Pages: 813-834
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Family and Marriage, Race and Ethnicity
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